The English Roses: Classic Favorites and New Selections

This book is not so much a practical book on growing roses as a catalog of the English roses up to a certain point in time. It updates an older edition that I also bought and enjoyed.There are some photographs of roses in the garden environment and these are gorgeous, but most images are of the roses from a single bush to illustrate what the flowers of the rose looks like. In some ways, these images are misleading, because as the davidaustinroses website indicates, the colors of these roses change based on climate and season. In short, what you see is probably not going to be exactly what you get. Also, Austin prides these roses as being good garden plants, so it seems odd that images of them as garden plants are not offered more frequently.If what you are looking for is like a visual bouquet, or if you just love looking at the English roses' flowers--and there are many who do!!--this may be a great book for you.Other reviewers have mentioned that there isn't too much updated in terms of how to grow the roses or even the history, although the English Musk class division is either new for this edition or greatly expanded in breeding since the last one.

enjoyable photography with some relevant review of each rose. worth the price.purchased by paying for shipping so that tax was on the book and not shipping. No thing is free on earth everything costs money unless it is stolen or falsely advertised like free shipping.

My book arrived today in excellent condition! The photos in the book are lovely and the information about the roses is excellent! It was almost like being in a rose garden, but without the sweet scent! I really love it!

Gives you lots of information about roses the range of available and scents . Worth buying great tables book.

The cover looks nice.I don’t like just these roses.Excellent corners very well packet in big box etc.I trust Powells books.Like new one although it was used book.

I love roses, and David Austins are no exception. For me this book comes into its own in spring when I'm re-evaluating my rose garden and wondering which rose to plant. It is such an invaluable resource because it contains a comprehensive number of David Austin Roses, and notes the varieties which have been superseded. The photos are true to colour and descriptions accurate. This is a book which will always be in my possession not only to enjoy as a resource but also to ponder at the time of the rose growing season when I just yearn for my roses to start flowering once again, and I know I have two to three months before flowering starts for the next season.

I'm a dedicated rosarian, and love pouring over catalogs and books about roses. This book allowed me to indulge my senses, but unfortunately, also empty my wallet. How can you not linger over these lucious David Austin roses, and not yearn to have more. Also, liked reading David Austin's overview of rose history and his attempts to develop a rose with all of the "charm" of the old fashioned roses, along with the better qualities in the newer roses.

With all this talk (by David Austin) of breeding a more attractive flower on a more attractive shrub, why didn't he include a picture of a mature shrub of each rose he was talking about?The book does have beautiful closeups of many, many, (I think 71) of his roses. And... there are pictures in the other sections of some of the rose bushes... but it could have been much more helpful if there were also a picture of each shrub, not just the close-up of the flower.But not to be forgotton, other than the beautiful flowers and the missing shrubs, David Austin's history of the English roses, etc, makes for interesting and educational reading.

Bought this as a birthday gift for a friend who is really into his roses. The photography is stunning, and the whole text is full of interest. I could not resist looking through it from cover to cover before wrapping it for my friend.

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Purtroppo la copertina esterna è rovinata e spiegazzata rotta sul ed essendo un regalo non è il massimo ...però la copertina interna è perfetta e riproduce quella esterna Potevo immaginarlo visto che già l’avevo adocchiato lo scorso anno ed è rimasta l’unica copia disponibile

I love the book and Amazon delivery is faster then me driving to the store😀

Excellent book!