Classic Roses

by Peter Beales

This is a landmark work by the world’s foremost authority on roses. Both a definitive history and an essential manual for all growers and lovers of roses, it contains a wealth of expert information on buying, propagating, feeding, and pruning old roses, shrub roses, and climbers. It is superbly illustrated with more than 600 color photos.

Genres: Gardening, Horticulture, Plants

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG, every old/antique rose anyone could imagine. Wonderful reading if you, like me, are obsessed with roses that are old and have wonderful names.

[Juli Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic reference book for a reason. This could use an update for the 21st century to account for some of the modern English roses that have become so popular, but even without that, this book is a solid reference for rose lovers.

[Kara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thick encyclopedia of nearly all types of roses, accompanied by gorgeous photographs of most and a brief blurb about the biology of all, along with a section at the beginning about the gardening of roses.