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"With over 30,000 heirloom rose bushes, Grace Rose Farm is the rose destination, whether you're a florist looking for that just-so hue of rose for a high-end wedding, a customer who wants to find a one-of-a-kind bouquet to ship to their mom, one of Poulson's 25,000 newsletter subscribers looking for tips on growing their own roses, or among the nearly 200,000 followers who swoon over her images on Instagram. The farm, based in Santa Ynez, California, works with breeders from around the world to bring new rosebushes to American gardeners, and harvests their own spectacular roses for weddings, events, and local flower lovers. They've also grown a nationwide online business that delivers roses to customers around the country. In this book, Poulson shares her incredible breadth of wisdom in a comprehensive guide to growing roses specifically to use as cut flowers. It includes detailed information on 100 of the best varieties in every possible hue--ones that can thrive in the home garden and bring gardeners magnificent blooms year after year. She also offers instructions for planting, year-round care, and harvesting, whether you're growing roses in the ground, in raised beds, or in containers, and in every climate zone; plus styling and arranging tips, including bouquets in simple pitchers and urns as well as more elaborate tablescapes and floral arches"--
List of contents
Introduction
PART I: TRIED-AND-TRUE ROSES
1 | The Essence of Roses
2 | The Best Varieties for Cutting and Arranging
PART II: GROWING ROSES
3 | The Best Roses for Every Climate
4 | Planning a Rose Garden
5 | Planting a Rose Garden
6 | Year-Round Rose Care
PART III: HARVESTING AND ARRANGING ROSES
7 | Harvesting Roses
8 | Arranging Roses
Acknowledgments
Photography Credits
Index
About the author
Gracielinda Poulson is the founder of Grace Rose Farm, an estate in Southern California that grows and ships hundreds of rose varieties to florists and customers each year. Gracie has built a devoted base of rose-loving customers and fans, inspiring and empowering novice gardeners and green thumbs alike to begin their own rose journey in their home gardens. Grace Rose Farm has been featured in publications like Martha Stewart Living, Country Living, Victoria, and many more. Gracie, her husband, Ryan, and their daughter, Seraphina, live in Southern California where they nurture their rose-growing passion each day. Follow along on Instagram at @gracerosefarm and join the Facebook group Growing Roses with Grace Rose Farm to learn how to grow roses with thousands of rose gardeners.
Summary
An inspiration of roses
A one-of-a-kind guide to growing, cutting, and arranging the most beautiful roses in the world, Garden Roses belongs in the hands of every flower lover. Created by Gracielinda Poulson, the preeminent rose grower in the country and proprietor of Grace Rose Farm, each page of this glorious book steeps the reader in the iconic mystique of the rose: Its breathtaking beauty, in hundreds of photographs. Its secrets, in the incredible breadth of information on the varieties best suited for cutting and how to raise them to thrive in the garden or a container, in almost any climate zone. And its unique presence in our lives, in all the ways to style and display roses, from a simple vaseful to more elaborate tablescapes and floral arches, truly elevating the flower that more than any other has captured our imaginations and delighted our eyes.
Foreword
An inspiration of roses
