Product Description

An updated edition of David Austin's book which analyzes English roses setting them in their place in history and describing the early hybrid experimentation. From a broader perspective he considers how to choose partners for roses in the garden and gives a catalogue of over 60 varieties.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #760551 in Books
• Published on: 1996-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Quite simply stunning
As an amateur rose enthusiast I own a number of books of roses, but none is as beautifully presented as this one. The photography, showing English roses as extraordinary and dreamy cut flowers in vases, are remeniscent of Old Dutch master paintings of Old Roses.

And that is of course what is so wonderful about David Austen roses. They have all the intricate and varied beauty of old roses (and the extraordinary t-rose and musk rose scent, combined with repeat flowering, disease resistance and good foliage.

These roses are simply unbeatable and the book does then full credit, with each type of rose getting full page coverage and an honest rating of all its best and worst features with an overall star rating.

You can be sure of planting the very, very best - I've fallen in love with most that I've chosen- and enjoying a beautiful book into the bargain.

great, but a little dated
The text is very instructive, the pictures are of great beauty. Each Austin rose gets its own portrait. However, since 1996 a lot more Austin roses have been brought to the market while others have been replaced, so a new, updated edition would greatly be appreciated by all rose lovers. If you can't wait, you'll find many of the new Austin roses in Trevor Griffiths' wonderful book "Glorious Old Roses", published by Viking.