This new , expanded edition of Macoby's Roses is designed to please the most  avid of roselovers. At the heart of the book is a gellery of 1,500 roses including 300 new selections, oragnised in separate sections as Wild Roses, Old Garden Roses, Modern Roses, and Miniatures and Mini-Flora.

The entry for each rose provides information on its appearance and any special growing requirements, as well as interesting aspects of its origin and history.

Additional information, much of it new to this edition, covers alternative names, classification, colour, class, fragrance, parentage, breeder, time of flowering, habit, hardiness and awards.

Every rose is illustrated and there is approximately 400 new photos in this edition, and all photos from the previous editon have been newly colour scanned. Further sections give practical advice on the cultivation of roses and how to design a rose garden.

Hardcover 488 pages

Publication date: Nov 2007