5 disease-free suggestions for Pacific Northwest gardens.

With luscious blooms, many of them fragrant, produced for months on end in every color of the rainbow except blue (just wait—plant breeders are working on that), what’s not to love about roses? How about blackspot, bugs and wicked thorns, or a complicated pruning and feeding regimen. Turns out, the key to growing beautiful roses in the Pacific Northwest is choosing varieties that will thrive in our growing region. 

Just in time for the summer round of Seattle Grows, the botanical party game (that I made up), I reached out to Nita-Jo Rountree, lover of all blooming plants, but especially roses, and asked her to recommend her favorite roses that Pacific Northwest gardeners should be growing. “I love recommending roses,” she says. “But I only recommend disease free varieties.” Perfect.

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GROW in The Seattle Times