Synopses & Reviews
Burpee Basics: Growing Guides for Easy, Colorful Gardens Down-to-earth handbooks for beginning gardeners "Our new series of concise gardening guidebooks continues Burpee's proud tradition of giving gardeners the essentials they need. These handy little books have a great deal in common with seeds: each one contains all you need to start a wonderful gardening experience.
Even the most experienced gardeners attend to the basic practices that you'll find so skillfully explained in these guides." George Ball, Jr., President of W. Atlee Burpee, from the Foreword Roses The one book devoted entirely to the most easy-care, disease-resistant, low-maintenance roses for every climate and garden. By choosing rugged, disease-resistant varieties, anyone can grow beautiful roses. The core of the book is 100 plant portraitsdescriptions of the most carefree roses commercially available.
- Jam-packed with accessible, quick-reference information on everything from buying roses and preparing your soil to rose care and feeding, and pest and disease control.
- Informative sidebars contain time-saving tips on pruning techniques, lists of roses for special garden conditions, and solutions to common mistakes.
- Illustrated with over 90 color photographs of rose portraits and gardens, along with instructional line drawings.
- Handy appendix lists mail-order and garden-supply rose sources and organizations.
- Includes U.S. and Canadian zone map.
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About the Author
MARY C. WEAVER is a widely publicized writer, editor, and teacher. She is the freelance print editor for Home & Garden TV and the gardening columnist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel. A certified Master Gardener, and a member of the American Rose Society, the American Horticultural Society, and the Garden Writer's Association of America, she lives and gardens in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Table of Contents
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART ONE: Giving Any Rose a Good Start.
Selection: Choosing Good Plants.
Site: Assessing Your Garden.
PART TWO: Doing the Spadework.
The Lowdown on Dirt.
Dig It.
Taking Care of Your New Plants: Watering and Mulching.
PART THREE: The Rose Gallery.
The Wide World of Roses.
Old Roses.
Modern Roses.
Shrub Roses.
Climbers and Ramblers.
PART FOUR: Ongoing Rose Care.
How and When to Water.
Understanding Fertilizers.
Pruning.
Rose Hardiness and Winter Protection.
PART FIVE: Fighting Fungi, Battling Bugs.
The Ever-Present Fungi.
Bacteria and Viruses.
Insects Among Us.
Appendix: Rose Resources.
Recommended Books.
Roses by Mail.
Garden Supplies and Equipment.
Organizations.
Newsletters and Magazines.
Web Sites.
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.
Glossary: The Gardener's Language.
Index.