Start with high-confidence growing roses books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Roses
Michael V Marriott
Roses for Dummies
Lance Walheim
Antique Roses for the South
William C. Welch
Ranunculus
Naomi Slade
Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: a Beginner's Guide
Rosemary Gladstar
Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest
Nita-Jo Rountree
The Rose
Jennifer Potter
The Color of Roses
Danielle Dall'Armi Hahn
Redouté. the Book of Flowers. 45th Ed.
H. Walter Lack
