Are you familiar with Knock Out roses? These beauties are a real winner for your flower garden. Commonly known as landscape roses, Knock Outs are known for their exceptional flowering season. In the Northern climate these roses bloom from spring into fall but in Southern parts of the country, blooming continues almost an entire year. And, this rose only needs a half a day of sun. (photo courtesy: thegardenlady.org)

If you are planning to add roses to your flower garden, consider getting Knock Out roses. These come in red or pink blooms with a very nice Tea Rose fragrance. I prefer the red blooming and I find these to be one of the finest landscaping roses ever grown. How do I know? Because I have fourteen red blooming Knock out rose shrubs in my garden and they are absolutely beautiful.

The Knock Out rose was produced by breeder William Radler and it is considered to be the best ever landscape rose by many flower gardeners because these tolerate heat and drought conditions. They are very hardy and disease resistant, do not get those annoying blackspots, and it tolerates Japanese beetles, leafhoppers, rose midege and other pests. (photo courtesy: care4roses.com.)

These roses are breathtakingly beautiful with great clusters of 3 1/2-inch blooms. When these roses begin to bloom early in the spring, they continue to bloom for many, many weeks at a time. It then rests for a little while and repeats its blooming season for the remainder of summer and continues into late fall. This rose truly has one of the longest blooming cycles in the rose family. To add more beauty to your flower garden, when the blooms finally end, the color continues with burgundy like fall foliage.

So, if you love roses as much as I do, consider getting the Knock Out. You will be glad you did as it is one of the few roses to be considered maintenance free.

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