Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Roses 101
Part II: Using Roses in Your Garden
Part III: All the Roses You Need to Know
Colour Pictures
Part IV: Growing Healthy Roses
Part V: The Part of Tens
Part VI: Appendixes
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Roses 101
Chapter 1: Everything You Need to Know about Roses
Are Roses As Hard to Grow as Everyone Says?
Which Rose Should I Grow?
Where Do Roses Come From?
What Are Roses Made Of?
What's This Budding Thing All About?
How Are Roses Grouped?
Where Do Rose Cultivators Fit In?
Where Do New Roses Come From?
Chapter 2: It's All about Flowers
Anatomy of a Rose
Petalling Around Town
Top Form
But Does It Have Substance?
Where Do Rose Flowers Come From?
- Hybrid tea roses
- Floribunda roses
So When Do They Bloom, Anyway?
Roses That Bloom Once a Season
Chapter 3: Rose Fragrance
Locating Rose Scent
Knowing Them with Your Nose
Enhancing Your Sniffing Pleasure
Choosing Fragrant Varieties
Chapter 4: The Climates of the Rose
Cold Winters— Canadian Climate Conditions
Getting to know your hardiness zone Making some Canadian distinctions
A New Meaning for Red Hot
Sultry Summers and Sweaty Roses
Tiny Climates Not Just for Tiny Roses
Roses for All Roses for cold-winter climates Roses for areas with cool summers Part II: Using Roses in Your Garden
Chapter 5: Landscaping with Roses
Painting the Landscape with Colourful Roses
Choosing Colour Schemes
Mixing Plant Texture and Form
Creating Style All Your Own
Putting Roses to Work
Using roses for hedges Using roses for edgings Using roses for ground covers Using roses for barriers Using roses on fences, arbours, and walls Chapter 6: Roses and Their Partners in the Garden
The Basics of Combining Plants
Plants That Cover the Bases
Perennials Annuals
Roses and Herbs
Going for Leaves Silver-dusted leaves Grassy and spiky leaves
White for When the Night Is Bright Chapter 7: Growing Roses in Containers
Putting the Right Roses in the Right Pot
Containing the Roots
Bigger is (usually) better Accessories for your pots
Potting Soil Simplified
Planting Properly in Pots
Caring for Roses Growing in Containers Part III: All the Roses You Need to Know
Chapter 8: Hybrid Teas
Making Distinctions: Unique Qualities of the Hybrid Teas
Lining 'Em Up: How to Plant Your Hybrid Teas
Shearing Brutality: Pruning Your Hybrid Teas
Knowing Their Namesakes: Hybrid Tea Types by Colour
Red hybrid teas Pink hybrid teas Orange hybrid teas Yellow hybrid teas White hybrid teas Lavender hybrid teas Multicoloured hybrid teas Chapter 9: Grandifloras
Treat Them Like Hybrid Teas: Looking After Grandifloras
Grandifloras by Colour
Red grandifloras Pink grandifloras Orange grandifloras Yellow grandifloras White grandifloras Lavender grandifloras Multicoloured grandifloras Chapter 10: Polyanthas and Floribundas
To France, Late 19th Century
Floribundas: Workaholics of the Rose Garden
All This and Easy to Grow, Too
Don't Plant Just One!
A Few of Our Favourite Things
Red roses Pink roses Orange roses Yellow roses White roses Lavender roses Multicoloured roses Chapter 11: Miniature Roses
Looking at Mini Form
Tracing Their Tiny Origins
Diminutive but not frail: Protecting and pruning Small but not less colourful: Landscaping with miniatures
Buying Quality Miniature Roses
Giving You the Lowdown on Miniature Varieties Red miniatures Pink miniatures Orange miniatures Yellow miniatures White miniatures Lavender miniatures Multicoloured miniatures Chapter 12: Climbing Roses
So Many Climbers, So Little Time
Special Needs: Caring for Climbers
Up Against a Wall: Planting Climbers
Climbers in Every Colour of the Rainbow
Red climbers Pink climbers Orange climbers Yellow climbers White climbers Lavender climbers Multicoloured climbers Chapter 13: Shrub Roses
A Splendid Assortment of Shrub Roses
Taking It Easy
Shrub Roses by Colour
Red shrubs Pink shrubs Orange shrubs Yellow shrubs White shrubs Lavender shrubs Multicoloured shrubs Chapter 14: Species and Old Garden Roses
What Cabbage Has to Do with Roses
Alba roses Bourbon roses Cabbage roses China roses Damask roses Gallica roses Hybrid musks Hybrid perpetuals Moss roses Portland roses Rugosa roses Scotch roses Species roses Tea roses
Antiques in the Garden
Carefree Antiques
Roses with Colourful Heritage Red roses Pink roses Yellow roses White roses Lavender roses Multicoloured roses Chapter 15: Explorer and Parkland Roses
What's So Wonderful about Them?
Getting Your Hands on Them
A Canadian Mosaic: Explorer and Parkland Roses by Colour
Red roses Pink roses Part IV: Growing Healthy Roses
Chapter 16: Shopping for Roses
Whose Roots Are These, Anyway?
What Are Roots without Soil?
Going Shopping
Getting only the best Going home a happy rose shopper Chapter 17: Planting Roses
If Roses Aren't Sick, Why Do They Need Healing?
Storing bareroot roses Storing potted roses
Getting in Touch with Your Inner Soil Plumbing for poorly drained soils? Adding the big O Is having acerbic soil an insult?
Returning Roots to Their Rightful Home
Planting Miniature Roses Digging the hole Putting the plant in the ground Chapter 18: Watering and Mulching Roses
The Basic Watering Rules
How often should I water? How much water should I apply?
Tools of the Watering Trade
Ways to Water Building a basin Using sprinklers Using drip irrigation Black spot, and rust, and mites, oh my!
The Wonderful World of Mulches Organic mulches Inorganic mulches Chapter 19: Fertilizing Roses
The Whats, Whens, and Whys of Fertilizing
Nitrogen is the element needed most Alkaline soils need iron If you have doubts, have the soil tested Feed often, but don't overdo it Start in early spring, stop in late summer or fall Water before and after fertilizing
A Fertilizing Program Just for You Lazy and cheap formula Just plain lazy formula Tree-hugger's formula Water and spray, water and spray, oh how I love to water and spray Gung-ho fertilizer for gung-ho rose growers Chapter 20: Pruning Roses
Why You Need to Prune
Tools of the Pruning Trade
Deep cuts and the same old response On a cool, crisp, early spring day For bigger flowers, get after those hybrid teas and grandifloras The shear pleasure of pruning floribundas and polyanthas Pruning antiquity Taking pruning to new heights
Deadheading: No Free Rides on This Rose Chapter 21: Protecting Roses Where Winters Are Cold
How Hardy Are They?
Preparing for a Cold Winter
Keeping Roses Cold
Planting Deep
Protecting Climbers and Tree Roses
Chapter 22: Outsmarting Rose Pests and Diseases
Preventing Problems
Identifying Rose Pests
Insects that prey on roses Troublesome rose diseases Black spot Downy mildew Powdery mildew Rust Rose mosaic viruses
Encouraging Garden Good Guys
Aphid Hors d'Oeuvre
Controlling Pests and Disease
Pesticide Double-Speak
A Rosarian's Approach to Pest Prevention Chapter 23: Making More Roses
Raiding a Rose Garden
Growing New Plants from Cuttings
Sexual Propagation
Hybridizing Roses
One More Thing, Sport!
Chapter 24: Drying Roses and Making Potpourri
Drying Roses in Silicon Valley North
Which roses dry best? Preserving and arranging dry flowers
Making Potpourri
Pressing Flowers Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 25: The Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions about Roses
From the Queen of Hearts School of Pruning
From the Imelda Marcos School of Shopping
From the Absolutely Clueless School of Rose Culture
From the Climbing the Wall Syndrome
From the Jaundiced Rose Garden
From the Insecure Rose Gardener
From the "No Question Is Stupid" School of Higher Learning
From the "All That Glitters" School of Disease Control
From the Runny Nose Department
From the Freezer Section
Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Kill a Rose
Plant Them in the Shade
Plant Them with Lots of Grass around the Base to Compete for Nutrients
Plant Them Where They Get a Dose of Lawn Spray
Never Water Them during a Dry Spell
Never Treat for Black Spot
Do Not Protect Tender Hybrid Teas during the Winter
Don't Take Climbing Hybrid Teas off the Trellis for the Winter
Prune Heavily and Do Not Feed At All
Spray with Heavier Doses of Sprays Than Recommended
Ask Your Neighbours to Water Your Plants for You
Plant Roses in the Shade
Chapter 27: Ten Tips for Cutting Roses
Following a Flipped-Out Florist
The Best Roses for Cutting
Chapter 28: Ten Roses and Rose Gardens That Made History
The Rose the Romans Loved
Cleopatra's Secret Weapon
Fighting over Roses in England
...and the Rose to Commemorate the War's End
The World's Biggest Rose Plant
Build It and They Will Come
The Hangover Rose?
Roses on the Gridiron
The Canadian Heritage Rose Garden
Provincial Roses
Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Rose Societies and Newsletters
Canadian Rose Society
Local Rose Societies across Canada
Don't Forget Our Friends in the U.S.A.
Newsletters
Appendix B: Where to Find Roses, Information, and More in Canada
Where to Find Roses
Where to Start Looking for Information
Soil Testing
Getting the Bugs Out
Online Articles
Newsgroups
Tools, Books, and Whatnot to Perfect Your Rose Garden
Index
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