There's a wealth of information packed into Showing Good Roses by Robert Martin, Jr.

Read about this book on Bob Martin's excellent website Roseshow.com and see why this book is "the ideal portable mentor". It's also a wonderful read.

BOOKS

AND

OTHER DELIGHTS

Treat Yourself!

All About Growing Great Roses in the Desert Southwest    Booklet

Award winning publication, 2nd edition, covers all aspects of growing roses in our area, specific care for each month of the year, and includes our Best Roses For Arizona list.

Fortuniana rootstock, mulch, pruning for fall in the desert southwest, and much more, this booklet has it all. 58 pages.

$10 at our meetings and events

Add $3 S/H if mailed

Growing Roses In The Desert Southwest

Hour long video or DVD

This DVD, filmed over many months, features professional agricultural consultant Mike Jepsen. You’ll see each type of rose bush pruned, with close-up views, as well as demonstrations on planting, fertilizing, spraying and watering.

$15 at our meetings and events

Add $3 S/H if mailed

Homepage

For booklet or video above, make checks payable to

    Mesa-East Valley Rose Society

    PO Box 40394

    Mesa,  AZ 85274-0394

Designing With Roses

Tony Lord

Table of Contents:

    The Naming of Roses

    The Heritage of the Rose

    The Rose Garden

    Roses for Structure

    Roses for Punctuation

    Roses in Mixed Borders

    Roses for Wild Gardens

    Pick of the Bunch

Vintage Gardens Complete Catalogue of Antique and Extraordinary Roses

Nearly 3000 roses broken down by historical rose classes, with an illustrated guide to growth habits. Detailed comparative observations on color, rebloom, fragrance, growth habit, as well as specific details of date of introduction, hybridizer or introducer, and its provenance. We have sections on roses for shade, short and tall climbers, cold climate roses, roses of unusual coloring, a 200 year time-line marked by roses introduced each year....

American Rose Society

Encyclopedia of Roses

A beautiful tribute to America's favorite flower: 2,000 roses in A-Z entry, with short description and  true-to-color photograph.

Lists both cultivar name and registered or trademark name, synonym and code names, classification group, origin, parentage, size and scent, flowering information, mature height/spread, hardiness zone, and awards.

If a rose is named after someone, there is information about the person.

Eighty-nine roses are highlighted in special entry boxes where the parent plant and its sports (mutations) are shown together. More than 40 feature panels profile nurseries, rose growers, and famous rose gardens around the world.

Sections on cultivating roses, glossary, species index, directory of rose societies worldwide, list of Web sites, a general index.

100 English Roses for the American Garden

100 Old Roses for the American Garden

Clair Martin

Both excellent resource books on David Austin and antique roses.

Clair Martin has been the Curator of the Rose and Perennial Gardens at the Huntington Botanical Gardens for many years. 

Clair also started and organizes the Great Rosarians of the World Annual Lecture Series, whose honorees have included Ralph Moore and Peter Harkness . (January at the Huntington Botanical Garden and Museum.)

CLASSIC ROSES

Peter Beales

Landmark work revised and updated with 600 new four-color photographs by England's rose expert Peter Beale. Identifies and describes species, cultivars, and varieties that have stood the test of time and offers tips for growing geared especially to American gardeners. Over 650 color photos.

Complete Guide to Roses    Ortho

Good general guide to rose history, selecting, growing, arranging and landscaping with roses. Even includes Potpourri and drying blooms. ARS endorsed.

The Graham Sturart Thomas Rose Book

An omnibus of three books: The Old Shrub Roses (1955), Shrub Roses of Today (1962) and Climbing Roses Old and New (1965).  There have been 22 editions and reprints of these classics, but Christopher Lloyd noted one practical shortcoming: "It is no use having just one of his rose volumes, you must have all three ... and the trio must not be scattered in different parts of the house". Here they are. New material has been added, practical advice is included on planting, general cultivation, pruning, and display, and new photographs complement favorite illustrations from such master hands as Redoute and Graham Thomas himself.

A – G

The English Roses

Classic Favorites & New Selections

by David Austin   2006

Austin writes about 40 recently developed English Roses and 40 time tested favorites: growing habits, bush shape, fragrance, flower form, foliage, and name origin. Beautiful photographs, Austin's own observations about developing his roses, his candor about their faults, and useful tips on growing them.

A Book About Roses How To Grow and Show Them

by Samuel Reynolds Hole  1872

First sentence: He who would have beautiful Roses in his garden must have beautiful Roses in his heart. An influential classic.  Click here to read or download the entire book for free.

Get Fit Through Gardening

Jeffrey Restuccio

Gardeners  will benefit from this unique exercise program that emphasizes strengthening backs and knees to prevent injury. The way to fitness may just be a Saturday afternoon spent weeding and raking

    • Turn your garden into your own personal fitness center

    • 8 posture stances to protect your back and knees

    • Stretch properly, before and after your gardening exercise

    • Complete body workout, 30 minutes a day, 3 times a week

Reap what you sow: a fit and healthy body.