Make sure you plant your Knockout roses in a position that gets at least 5-6 hours of sun each day. If they don’t get enough sun they start getting sparse foliage and become more prone to rose diseases.
The best time to plant Knock Out roses is late fall or early spring. This holds true whether planting a container grown or bare root. Avoid planting the rose in frozen ground. Knock Out roses reach a mature size about three years after planting. Avoid pruning during the first three years of growth as this may reduce the mature size. Set the plant at the same depth it is growing in the nursery container to reduce stress on the stem and root system. The fine root hairs that carry water to the rose plant rot and disintegrate, so even though the soil is wet, the roses roots can’t uptake that water to the rest of the plant. After making sure the soil drains freely, add some well composted and milled cow manure or rose planting compost to the soil. If you plant your knockout rose when the weather is quite hot, then put the mulch over the soil to keep moisture in, weeds out and the soil temperature cooler in the heat. Please don’t fertilize your newly planted knock out roses until a month after planting, especially bare-root roses. Make sure you plant your Knockout roses in a position that gets at least 5-6 hours of sun each day. If they don’t get enough sun they start getting sparse foliage and become more prone to rose diseases. Check the pH of the soil; all roses, including Knockout roses like a soil pH of about 6.5. The Double Knock Out has flowers similar to the classic rose. The Rosa Double Knock Out rose is the next generation of the Knock Out family of shrub roses. Debuted in 2000, Knock Out roses are low-maintenance, disease-resistant and simple to grow. The Double Knock Out rose is similar to the original Knock Out rose in height and width. The proper spacing for Double Knock Out roses depends on whether you want to create the appearance of a hedge or individual plantings in your landscape. Roses in the Knock Out family are planted in much the same way as other roses. Dig a hole twice as wide and as deep as the pot the plants are growing in, and use your shovel to chop up and loosen the soil at the bottom of the planting hole. Turn the pot upside down and gently shake or tap it to remove the rose. Place the Double Knock Out rose into the planting hole. For a container grown rose, the root ball should be sitting in the soil the same level it was growing at in the container. If you are planting a bare-root Double Knock Out rose, create a conical mound of soil in the hole that is about 4 to 6 inches high.
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