Roses for the Smaller Garden - Tapa blanda

This delightful little volume focuses on the gardeners' undisputed favourite flower and shows how to grow roses successfully in today's more compact gardens, giving a modern slant to this most versatile and beautiful plant. With authoritative text and full practical know-how, renowned rose expert, Mark Mattock, presents the best varieties to grow in confined spaces and discusses the most effective ways of using them. Throughout the book, spectacular photographs capture the unique beauty and colour of roses with accompanying descriptions conveying the special charm of each plant and highlighting their potential for contemporary gardens.

Mark Mattock was formerly a director of Mattocks Roses, one of the leading breeders of new roses in Great Britain. During his career Mattocks Roses were responsible for introducing such enduring and outstanding varieties as Queen Mother, Dreaming Spires and the popular County series of ground cover roses. Mark has also been Chairman of the British Rose Growers Association and Rose Consultant to Notcutts Nurseries and was awarded a Silver Medal of the Royal National Rose Society.