| Knockout Roses | | | | When caring for knockout roses, the trick to help |
| Knockout roses are the most disease resistant | | | | keep them blossoming all season long is to cut the |
| rose on the market today. William Radler | | | | hips off before they start going to seed. By doing |
| developed these resilient roses in 1988 after | | | | this many have seen them bloom for 3 weeks, |
| many years of work that started in his basement | | | | rest for 3 weeks then repeatedly bloom for the |
| with a florescent shop light around the mid 70s. | | | | rest of the season. |
| He started this development by crossing the best | | | | Pruning |
| of the best with each other, then crossing that | | | | When caring for your knockout roses, properly |
| one with another best of the best rose. After | | | | pruning before the new season starts is the best |
| years of doing this, with a number of roses, he | | | | way to go. Pruning at the end of the growing |
| then crossed two completely unrelated roses and | | | | season is highly not recommended since you are |
| so was born the knockout rose. A rose that is | | | | never quite sure how far the plant is into |
| one of the most widely planted rose in rose | | | | dormancy. Pruning or cutting back their foliage at |
| gardens today. Caring for knockout roses is a | | | | the end of the season will not let the rose |
| breeze and they are one of the best plants to | | | | properly go into dormancy for the winter season |
| start off with if a novice rose gardener. | | | | since it needs its leaves to enter into a full state |
| | | | of dormancy. Always prune your plant before the |
| Planting Your Knockout Rose | | | | growing season just above a union to help |
| According to William, the best way to start caring | | | | promote new growth. Be sure to use a very |
| for knockout roses is to make sure to plant the | | | | sharp blade or gardening sheers and cut on a 45 |
| rose bush about 2 inches deeper than what it | | | | degree angle. |
| was originally in the pot. In other words, the soil in | | | | Caring for knockout out roses is easy and |
| which you plant your knockout rose should be set | | | | perfect for any backyard or landscape. All the |
| higher on the rose cane than what is was in the | | | | rose gardeners and enthusiasts that I have |
| pot. This will bury some of the canes of the rose, | | | | spoken to will agree that once you start planting |
| which ensures your plant will make it through the | | | | knockout roses in your garden, you will be |
| winter, especially in the northern regions. This also | | | | hooked, and want to grow all 7 kinds. Remember |
| helps with rabbits, which all rosarians know how | | | | deep planting and proper pruning in part with |
| much of a pain they could be. When the new | | | | properly caring for knockout roses throughout the |
| season starts there will be more than one cane | | | | season will help ensure a beautiful rose garden for |
| than emerges from your soil ready to grow. | | | | many years to come. |