Recommended Reading:

For the best results in your garden and behind the lens, Ron recommends the following books:

Ortho's All About Roses - Buy it today!
Ortho's guide features excellent advice to the beginning rose grower, as well as practical tips for the experienced rose cultivator.  Reviews from readers are consistently excellent. (It also includes six photographs by your humble site owner.)

The Rose Bible, by Rayford C. Reddell - Buy it today!
Recommended reading from America's best-known and most talented writer of books and articles about roses. Reddell's writing style is engaging, making this book not just a dry instructional guide but an entertaining read you'll return to again and again.

The Ultimate  Rose Book, by Stirling MacOboy et al. - Buy it today!  
A beautiful coffee table book. Don't expect to find growing instructions here, but there are thousands of photographs and descriptions of countless varieties of roses.

The Natural Rose Gardener, by Lance Walheim- Buy it today!  A complete guide to more than 300 roses with over 170 large (and excellent) photographs. It includes the all-important ARS ratings for all roses pictured.

The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques, by John Shaw (no relation) - Buy it today!  
If you're ready to leave the house and go out into the field to pursue the wonders of nature, this is your book.

Closeups in Nature, by John Shaw - Buy it today!  
A complete guide to closeup photography, this step-by-step book is an excellent manual for those interested in rose photography.

The Field Guide to Photographing Flowers, by Allen Rokach and Anne Millman -  Buy it today!  
This book is one of my favorites; the text is easy to follow and the photography is remarkable.