Some people are afraid to plant roses because they think they’re a high-maintenance plant. But the truth is, while some types of roses can be finicky, others are extremely easy to care for. I have ...

Pruning climbing roses is very different from pruning bush roses. For one thing, we rarely cut them back hard the way we do bush roses. That would defeat the purpose of planting a climbing rose — to ...

“If you don’t know where you are going, you are going to end up somewhere else.” This sage adage, credited to Yogi Berra, pinpoints the importance of planning. If you are a novice gardener and you ...

Summertime is high season for Seattle’s rose growers and lovers. They’re a passionate bunch. John Harmeling is one of the best-known among them. He’s a consulting rosarian, a rose whisperer of sorts.