THE ENGLISH ROSES.
Classic favorites & new selections
Dan Heims, Grahame Ware
THE ENGLISH ROSES
have achieved international renown for their many virtues and unique beauty, and yet David Austin's work creating even better and more pleasing varieties is ongoing. In this book he describes how he set out to combine the beauty and fragrance of the Old Roses with the repeat-flowering and wide colour range of the Modern Roses.
The English Roses features exquisite photographs and detailed descriptions of his best-loved and most recent varieties. Here, for the first time, he presents an entirely new classification of his roses, which helps us to appreciate them better and understand their great diversity. This includes the original Old Rose Hybrids; a group he has called 'The Leander Group' which leans a little more towards the Modern Rose in appearance; 'The English Musk Rose Hybrids', based on the Old Musk Rose and the 'English Alba Hybrids'—as well as a number of English Climbing Roses. Each group has its own unique beauty.
The English Roses have brought the rose to a new level of beauty. With them David Austin has returned to the form of flower of the Old Roses; incorporating this with many different rich fragrances, a pleasing, shrubby habit of growth and the ability to flower continually throughout the summer - making them one of the most beautiful and useful of garden flowers.
With photographs of superb rose gardens and advice on growing and maintaining his roses, David Austin's The English Roses is an essential reference for every rose lover and gardener.
© Timber Press, 2005. - 304 с., ил., перепл., супер., 230x285 мм
