Gardening with Old Roses

by John Searman and John Scarman

Book Overview

The rose is one of the most popular and celebrated of flowers and the beautiful, old-fashioned varieties featured in this book never lose their charm. Gardening with Old Roses is an essential... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0004140850
• ISBN13: 9780004140858
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gardening with Old Roses by John Scarman

This is one of the best books I have on gardening with old roses, and I have many. It's small enough to carry around, has great pictures, but it's his information that is so wonderful. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in old roses, beginner or pro.

Gardening With Old Roses

I liked this book on the old roses because Mr. Scarman gives you such detailed information regarding their habits of growth, the type and shape of bush and how to keep it looking it's best. He gives a personality to the different classes of the old roses so you can understand how they want to grow, plus their likes and dislikes pertaining to soil, location and even watering. His chapter on the pruning of the old roses is the best I have ever read .The whole book is very informative. I would definately reccommend Gardening With Old Roses for those who are looking for that little bit of extra information on the older roses.

Beautiful book.

I have several old rose gardening books. This welcomed book is hard to put down. What I have found helpful is the section on care and pruning of old roses. In the past I've had to research several of my books to find out the information that is in this one consice and beautiful book.