When you think of a rose, the stereotypical red or pink, tightly coiled, long-stemmed (and overpriced) blooms likely come to mind. Roses are your grandma’s flower, right? But there is actually a lot ...

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.