| The Knockout rose is considered a top-notch | | | | The third feeding of your roses should be in late |
| landscape rose that produces ever-blooming | | | | summer. There are some areas that will need to |
| cherry-red flowers with 5 to 7 petals and a light | | | | have a fourth feeding around October. You will |
| fragrance. These hardy growers can reach 3 to 4 | | | | find that most growers of roses follow a monthly |
| feet in height with round foliage and great disease | | | | feeding schedule for their roses in order to keep |
| resistance. They can be a beautiful accent to your | | | | them looking at their best. Another aspect in |
| home and landscape if they are well cared for. | | | | caring for roses is to remember that they need |
| However, if you just plant them and let them go, | | | | sufficient water in order to thrive. During the hot |
| you might not get the perfect flower that you | | | | summer months, special attention must be taken |
| want. Growing and caring for Knockout roses is | | | | to make sure that they don't dry out. If there is |
| fairly easy for a beginner gardener to do, but | | | | not enough rainfall, then you will have to manually |
| maintaining them will take more effort and | | | | water them. |
| research. You need to understand how these | | | | When caring for Knockout roses, you have to |
| roses differ from other roses in order to have | | | | watch for the pests and diseases that can |
| knockout results. This includes how and when to | | | | damage or even kill roses. Black spot and mildew |
| prune your roses, how often you should water | | | | as well as blight on the plants are the main |
| them, and what types of fertilizer to use. | | | | disease conditions. Insects such as the red spider, |
| Check out the best types of rose food to feed | | | | aphids, and thrips are the main insects to control. |
| roses. They are fierce eaters and need good | | | | While these roses are disease resistant you can |
| fertilizer in order to have maximum blooms every | | | | keep them healthy by following a few simple |
| year. In caring for Knockout roses, you need to | | | | rules. These include: proper pruning, encouraging |
| work plant food into the soil in the early spring as | | | | the good bugs in your garden that feed on the |
| their first feeding. This is when the leaf buds of | | | | bugs that bother your roses, keeping your garden |
| the plant begin to swell. You should use at least | | | | clean and using a dormant spray that kills the |
| one round tablespoon of plant food per plant that | | | | disease organisms before they become a |
| you are feeding, or just follow the directions on | | | | problem. |
| the package of the fertilizer that you use. The | | | | Now you know how even beginners can grow |
| next feeding should be right after the first heavy | | | | beautiful, healthy Knockout roses that are the |
| bloom. | | | | envy of the neighborhood. |