David Austin's English Roses

Now I ask you "who doesn't marvel at the smell of an English rose"? The scent is so magnificent and a bowl of just cut roses perfumes the air like no other.If you have never experienced the scent of a David Austin rose, well then, you are missing out.This book really goes into his different roses and lets you know for instance, what are climbers etc etc. Descriptions of the individual roses and potential problems are also listed. Basically for anyone who is going to put in David Austin roses you can read up on what would work for you on your property.In my area of New England there is a nursery that I do a lot of business with. In the Fall they always have an amazing sale to get rid of stock. Well, I scooped up David Austin roses for $10 per 2 gallon pot, compared to the normal $60 each. Yikes, how lucky am I. But this certainly will give readers a suggestion of when to purchase your roses at a reasonable price.Now, one more thing. I pass this along to those just getting started with growing David Austin roses. Once you experience your first frost, then it is time to prune your roses and get them ready for the Winter. In the North East we experience some mighty cold temps. Roses need to be protected. Take wire, chicken wire is easiest and cut a two foot piece. This will go around each rose. Use wooden garden supports (the green ones that are used for staking flowers) to weave in and out of the wire and drive into the ground so the wire doesn't blow away. Then top dress with seasoned or just dried horse manure and on top of that fill the wire enclosure up with OAK leaves to cover the crown. You are filling the enclosure up about a quarter of the way.The pictures and descriptions in this book are just amazing. A must have!

This book has parts taken directly from two older books, "Old Roses & English Roses" (1993) and "The Rose" (2009). The roses are classified as Old Rose Hybrids, The Leander Group, The English Musk Roses, The Alba Rose Hybrids. Although published in 2012 (reprinted 2015), it still lacks Austin Roses such as Tamora, The Prince, Wise Portia, Hero, Pretty Jessica, Prospero, Redcoat, Sir Clough, The Nun, Tradescant, Wenlock, Wife of Bath, etc.

This book has lots of beautiful pics of roses and descriptions of David Austins roses. I am a rose lover and sort of collect rose books, this is one of my gems. It is not a go to guide of how to grow roses. I love looking thru this book in the cold of winter and deciding what new rose I will try in my garden come spring! I look at the pictures and try to imagine how it would look in my garden!

If you like English roses, you will enjoy this book tremendously, read it, read it, study it and read and study some more. Some of the roses in the book are no longer available, as far as I know, but it is wonderful to look at them. The book tells all the pros and cons of each rose, assisting you with purchases.

Absolutely beautiful!

I needed this book for the David Austin roses I purchase a year ago. Great in explaining the roses sold by D.A.

Very nicely written book for someone interested in roses. A good reference source with a bit of history.

As in everything else Mr. Austin does, a gorgeous work.

An excellent book for the rose lover with beautiful photographs. Definitely good value for money and not to be missed. Highly recommended.

Love this book, its one to come back to time after time, David Austin is the most amazing rose breeder, of our time , anyone who loves roses needs to read this book and start growing old roses.excellent copy , great value for money and service. Will buy from this seller again

It's a beautiful book and a reference to all his own roses. I bought my son the book as well he has already got a few of his roses and looks forward to buying even moreLove roses then you will love this book.

Good

A beautiful book to browse through, dreaming of my own rose garden maybe one day!!

Excellent book, great book to look at to cheer you up especially in the winter months.

Great book

Excellent service beautiful book great value

Great book and happy girlfriend.

Per chi ama coltivare le rose illustra in maniera esauriente i vari tipi prodotti da David Austin. Bellissime le fotografie.

As a grower of English Roses and Old Roses Austin's books are wonderful reference books as well as being sheer pleasure to read. Photographs of roses are beautiful.

Le livre de David Austin est à la hauteur de la beauté et de la renommée de ses roses : c'est un très bel ouvrage,très récent (2012), en langue anglaise; les pages sont en papier glacé et les photos sont grandes et nombreuses.L'auteur indique qu'il a repris des textes de ses ouvrages précédents pour certaines parties du livre : c'est donc un ouvrage actualisé. Le contenu est pédagogique : on explique ce qu'est une rose anglaise et comment elles sont classées , puis, on va vers les variétés. Chapitre très important sur les conseils pour cultiver les rosiers; Glossaire ( ouf! car il y a des termes techniques à maitriser), bibliographie et index : super si on veut revoir tout de suite la rose " Gertrude Jeckyll"!Pour ceux que rebute la langue anglaise, les photos sont très utiles, ensuite, libre à vous de commander gratuitement son catalogue ( en français )

beautiful book

I love this book

I have it, I love it and would recommend it to anyone who is into English roses. Very good book and well put together.