In late 1996 I bought a house in Seattle and proceeded to carve out rose gardens in both front and back yards. I grew store-bought roses for several years, the result being what you see in the following photos:
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| Front yard |
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| Back yard |
Of particular note is the tall pink-blossomed rose growing to a height exceeding that of the patio cover. The plant was the 'Queen Elizabeth' rose. Since I am an advocate of light pruning, the rose plant was very obliging and grew to over 10 feet tall ! I was glad to get on a step ladder to deadhead this plant -- anything to keep it happy. It made such an impression on me that I chose this rose variety again as the mainstay of my rose growing when I switched to growing roses from seed. This was after I moved from Seattle to Salem, Oregon in 2007.
