Roses and Rose Growing

A rose garden can fail before the first plant goes in: let water linger at the roots, Rose Georgina Kingsley warns, and the roses may die.

In the gardens of England, Kingsley takes the amateur rosarian through the choices that shape a bed: shelter from wind, room for sun, and soil that will drain. Her own ground is poor enough to demand beds three feet deep, and she insists that a dozen roses carefully planted will fare better than a hundred put in carelessly. The work is exacting, but each spadeful matters: rich earth, sound drainage and patient preparation can make a difficult patch bloom. How much thought must go into the ground before a rose can truly flourish?

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