10 Steps to Beautiful Roses: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-110

by Maggie Oster

Overview

Grow beautiful roses in 10 simple steps! Whether you’re a novice learning the basics or an experience gardener looking for tips to improve your blooms, Maggie Oster’s expert advice offers all the know-how you’ll need. In 10 easy steps, you'll have beautiful, fragrant roses with minimum fuss and maximum yield.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603422604
Publisher:	Storey Books
Publication date:	01/08/1989
Series:	Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Author Maggie Oster has been cooking since she was five years old. A trained horticulturist, freelance writer and photographer, Maggie has also written other Storey book titles including Herbal Vinegar and Herb Mixtures & Spicy Blends. In addition, she has written the books The Potato Garden, Flowering Herbs, Gifts and Crafts from the Garden and Recipes from an American Herb Garden. She attended graduate school at Cornell University, and was former editor of an indoor and container-gardening magazine based in Seattle, Washington. Maggie has also contributed to Rodale's Basic Natural Foods Cookbook, has written monthly columns for The Weekend Gardener Journal and Louisville Today magazines, and won an award for an article and photographs on cooking with edible flowers in The Newark Star-Ledger. She lives in Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Step 1 -- Choose Well

Kinds of Roses

Shopping for Roses

Step 2 -- Provide A Great Location

Roses in the Landscape

Step 3 -- Super Soil

Step 4 -- Planting Perfectly

Bare-Root Roses

Container-Grown Roses

Step 5 -- Mulching

Step 6 -- Watering

Step 7 -- Feeding

Step 8 -- Pruning

Step 9 -- Pest Control

Insects: Signs and Solutions

Diseases: Signs and Solutions

Step 10 -- Winter Protection

Suppliers

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