Author |
: Wayne Winterrowd |
Publisher |
: North Point Press |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2003-10-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429962322 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429962321 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Roses by : Wayne Winterrowd
Download or read book Roses written by Wayne Winterrowd and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2003-10-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-three eminent gardeners on their favorite rose Among the plant kingdom, Rosa is a relatively small genus, comprising only about one hundred species around the globe. But as these species intercross, they have given rise to as many as thirty thousand cultivars, making the rose perhaps the most various of all plants grown in gardens-and one of the most treasured. This one-of-a-kind collection gathers together thirty-three eminent gardeners and rosarians, including Graham Stuart Thomas, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas C. Cooper, Joe Eck, Michael Pollan, Anne Raver, Page Dickey, Thomas Christopher, David Austin, Peter Beales, Dan Hinkley, and Jamaica Kincaid. Each writes about a favored rose--Rosarie de l'Ha