Impressionist Roses: Bringing the Romance of the Impressionist Style to Your Garden

by Derek Fell

Grow your own French impressionist flower garden. Filled with great color photographs and instructive text. From formal ordered gardens to a lush natural and to those of a gorgeous almost accidental appearance. Grow your own Monet rose garden incorporating other flowers and plants as accent. A considerable portion of the text types of roses and the qualities of specific varieties. Well-indexed.

Genres: Gardening

Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a pleasant surprise…and it’s been on my shelf forever. I acquired it due to my love of art, especially the Impressionists, and flowers. The author writes about the Impressionists’ love for painting and growing roses. A lot of focus is on Monet’s garden as it’s the most extravagant; however, he includes Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Fantin-Latour. There are so many beautiful photos of Monet’s garden and the various varieties of roses. The author provides extensive detail about roses: climate, size, disease resistance, blooming schedule, etc. He also provides a diagram for planting a rose garden. He teaches how to plant and care for the roses. I recommend this book for anyone thinking about planting roses; it’s comprehensive and informative.

[Toni Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated. Makes me yearn for summer (it feels like January here still, had snow in the mountains again this week) Out Puget Sound weather this season is very hard on roses, but my garden is slowing growing. This book makes me want to do more with it.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, yet useful photography, for designing an impressionist garden. Prolific author on garden design.