| Buying some good rose gardening books is the | | | | Although this book seems like it is more for |
| first step to starting your own rose garden. | | | | gardeners in England, it is a valuable resource for |
| There are several printed and e-books on rose | | | | those in Zones 8 and 9 in Western USA. It is a |
| gardening. The only way you can be sure of | | | | well-referenced guide to not just selecting, |
| picking up the right books is by following reader | | | | planting, and maintaining roses, but also contains |
| reviews and recommendations on online book | | | | detailed descriptions of color and fragrance of |
| stores or rose gardening forums. Below are five | | | | blooms, foliage, and health. It gives wide-ranging |
| books that contain information on everything you | | | | information on the different types of roses and |
| need to know about rose gardening. | | | | their disease-resistance, weather tolerance, etc. |
| Rose Gardening on the Prairies - George W. | | | | The entire book is sectioned off into the different |
| Shewchuk | | | | categories of roses making it a very |
| This Professor of Agriculture from Alberta, | | | | comprehensive reference book. |
| Canada, writes extensively about growing roses in | | | | Complete Guide to Roses - Ortho |
| the Prairies. The Prairies, as we know, offer the | | | | This book offers insights from the American |
| most difficult growing conditions for roses. | | | | Rose Society along with a wealth of information |
| Shewchuk shares his own personal experiences in | | | | and stunning pictures. It specifically deals with |
| a book that is big on information and yet small in | | | | identifying diseases and pest attacks and how to |
| size. He has devoted an entire chapter to the | | | | prevent, control, and treat infected plants. It also |
| common diseases that infect rose plants and the | | | | covers the history and characteristics of each |
| various pests that are likely to attack. It | | | | rose. There are also many guidelines on how to |
| essentially serves as a field guide to rose | | | | prepare the soil, choose the best roses according |
| gardeners living in the Prairies. | | | | to climate, prune, transplant, etc. This book |
| Beautiful American Rose Gardens - Mary Tonetti | | | | certainly lives up to it's name! |
| Dora | | | | Old Roses and English Roses - David Austin |
| This book shows the author's passion for roses. It | | | | This book manages to capture the author's love |
| is well written with detailed and comprehensive | | | | and passion for roses in a very thorough |
| information on different types of roses and has | | | | manner. The book covers all aspects of rose |
| very beautiful pictures. It covers the rose | | | | gardening with Austin's personal advice on various |
| gardens of the affluent as well as of the average | | | | techniques for cultivating beautiful roses. It is |
| gardener. It does not have much information for | | | | tightly packed with information covering the |
| the novice gardener leaning more towards the | | | | history of roses and describing the types of roses |
| veteran gardener but does have a few useful tips. | | | | that grow in shade or in poor soil and even about |
| The New Rose Expert - D.G. Hessayon | | | | those roses that don't need pruning. |