Shrub Roses and Climbing Roses: With Hybrid Tea and Floribunda Roses Paperback – 1 Jan. 1999

I love growing roses and this was very much enjoyed by me. This book is cheaper than the most recent books that have the latest varieties in them, but nevertheless I really enjoyed it.

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Very pleased thankyou

lovely book ,handy size

This is a lovely book, which I have now read many many times and which led me on a voyage of discovery. Along with its companion volume (Old Roses and English Roses) it entirely dispelled my long-held conviction that roses were too difficult to grow. The delicious descriptions and lovely photographs are intoxicating and a cheering read on a winter day. Austin's taste, it should be said, is for the old-fashioned, highly perfumed single rose or full old-rose bloom, and for the natural shape of a good shrub rather than the stiffly pruned and often scentless bedding tea rose. This may not be everyone's taste, but it's certainly mine, which is one reason I enjoy these books. However, this book also led me to the world of the species rose, of which I was formerly entirely unaware, and species roses have become something of an addiction for me in my wild garden. I'm grateful to him for writing them.

This beautiful book is filled with great information and gorgeous pictures. It's a joy to settle down in a cozy nook and delve into this treasure of a book.

The cover was faded in the middle. But it wasn't advertised as a mint condition either. The book itself is solid!

This contains the most valuable information on roses I've seen. Not all will thrive where I am, but lots of info about mature size and form of flowers and plant. I love this book!