I moved into my house in November 2007. There were eight rosebushes that came with the house. I don't know when they were planted. I only know that this is an Arizona Grandiflora because the planter was kind enough to leave the tag on the plant.
Arizona was the smallest rose when I moved in. It was also wedged in between two other roses and kind of got overshadowed, which I think had a lot to do with it being so tiny. When I hard-pruned all the roses in January 2009, Arizona flourished. I transplanted it to the front yard in May 2009. It went into shock, but recovered beautifully. It now has more space and is doing nicely (aside from rose slugs devouring its leaves, which is a whole different problem).
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