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Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden Product details:  Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden Author : Clair G. Martin Pages : pages Publisher : Language : ISBN-10 : 076111341X ISBN-13 : 9780761113416 READ BOOK NOW Tags Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin read online Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin pdf Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin epub Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin vk Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin pdf free ali hazelwood books Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin free online Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin z library Smith & Hawken: 100 Old Roses for the American Garden by Clair G. Martin release date Clair G. Martin books Smith & H...

The Rose For fans of Anna Pavord's The Tulip and Andrea Wulf's The Brothers Gardener, a vividly written and lavishly illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers?Ever since Sappho planted roses at the shrine of Aphrodite, no flower has captured the?imagination in quite the same way. Here,?the acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Potter sets out on a quest to uncover the life of a flower that has been viewed so hetrogenously by different cultures in different countries across the centuries. Beginning her story in the Greek and Roman empires, she travels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas to unravel its evolution from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere to the height of cultivated perfection found in rose gardens today. Whether laying bare the flower's long association with sexuality and secret societies, questioning the Crusaders' role in bringing roses back from the Holy Land, or hunting for its elusive blooms in the gardens of the Empress...

Roses: Placing Roses, Planting & Care, The Best Varieties Which roses grow best in a small garden? What companion plants complement a rose border? How do you "modernize" a rose garden? All these and more are answered in the new edition of Sunset's Roses. Everything for the novice or experienced rose devotee is here -- the latest advice on shopping for roses, growing techniques, planning a rose garden, maintaining healthy roses, regional tips, and yes, detailed pruning instructions (no more "ouch.") With its lush photography showcasing over 350 roses, plus a gallery of choices hand-picked by Sunset experts, this is the resource book rose fanciers will reach for time and time again. Product details:  Roses: Placing Roses, Planting & Care, The Best Varieties Author : Sunset Magazines & Books Pages : 128 pages Publisher : Oxmoor House Language : ISBN-10 : 0376036591 ISBN-13 : 9780376036599 READ BOOK NOW Tags Roses: Placing Roses, Planting & Care, The...

A Rose By Any Name Encompassing art, literature, science, technology, history, and everything in between, the stories behind rose varieties include enough curiosities, romance, tragedy, wit, mystery, scandal, and earthy delights to satisfy even those who would never dream of actually tending a plant. in addition to names, readers will learn that the perfume of 'Rosa Gallica' wafted through Pliny's Roman villa and lulled Marie Antoinette on the night before her wedding; that 'Eglantine' is threaded through Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; that roses in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were mainly raised for medicinal purposes; and that the world of rose-naming rights is one of complicated and fiercely guarded copyrights and patents. With full-color art throughout, this eclectic little volume is a must-have for die-hard rosarians, and for the less rose-obsessed, it's simply a marvelous miscellany starring what is arguably the world's most ...

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses: The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence This inspirational book from Kew Gardens' rose expert is the perfect guide to choosing and growing these majestic and versatile flowers. Instantly recognisable, fragrant and evocative, roses are the quintessential garden flowers. From low-growing ground-cover roses to long-stemmed Hybrid Tea roses, multi-petalled English roses, wild roses, small shrubs for containers, climbers and ramblers, in a range of forms, colours and scents, there is a rose for every garden situation.? Combining botanical illustrations and practical advice, The Kew Gardener?s Guide to Growing Roses is the definitive introduction to growing seventy-eight beautiful roses, with full growing instructions and details on feeding, propagation and training. Twelve garden projects, from growing from seed to preserving rose petals, will bring the wonderful world of roses to life. This book is from the?Kew Experts?series, in which...

Florals by Hand: How to Draw and Design Modern Floral Projects Instagram sensation, muralist, author, and overall floral illustrating aficionado Alli Koch of Allikdesign has already introduced thousands to the basics of modern floral illustrations with her first book, How to Draw Modern Florals: An Introduction to the Art of Flowers, Cacti, and More. Her new book, Florals by Hand, goes deeper, introducing an assortment of new flowers, designs, and digitizing techniques through a series of projects that combine these skills. They say practice makes perfect, but Alli constantly reminds aspiring floral illustrators that even nature itself is imperfect, which is what makes the whole process a little bit more approachable. Product details:  Florals by Hand: How to Draw and Design Modern Floral Projects Author : Alli Koch Pages : 176 pages Publisher : Paige Tate Select Language : ISBN-10 : 1944515771 ISBN-13 : 9781944515775 READ BOOK NOW Tags Florals by Hand: How to Draw and Design Modern Fl...