A Practical Guide to Identifying and Growing Roses, and Using Them in the Home.
Highly prized for centuries, the rose is rightly called the Queen of Flowers. With its fantastic colours, scents and shapes, the rose is the perfect companion to other plants in the garden and is the ideal flower for stylish arrangements and everlasting gifts. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of evocative photographs, this is the definitive guide to identifying, growing, maintaining, styling and decorating with the world's most enduring flowers.
The book is divided into six sections, Part One: A History of the Rose, recounts the fascinating history of the flower, while Part Two: Growing Better Roses, explains how to plant, prune and nurture roses. Part Three: Roses Around the Garden, features plenty of projects such as raising standards and planting climbers against walls.
Part Four: Rose Gallery, presents a representative selection of new and old rose varieties that can be obtained from specialist rose nurseries, while Part Five: Decorating with Roses, is a complete guide to creating beautiful rose designs for any occasion or setting. The projects, ranging from a Mother's Day rose basket and a Valentine's rose wreath to a summer party table swag, blend contemporary combinations of tine, form and texture with beautiful results.
Part Six: Rose Crafts, is a wonderful collection of craft projects using dried roses, rose essential oils and classic rose motifs. There are scented cushions, sumptuous lotions, a velvet rose coat hanger, a summer potpourri and rose-stencilled table-cloth. There is also a delicious range of rose gifts and treats, such as rose-scented sugar, rose honey, and crystallized rose petals.
