| Description | A offspring of the very popular "Knockout Rose". |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Rose |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-10 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | single red flowers, continuous bloomer |
| Leaves | dark green with newer growth having a purple tinge very disease resistant to black spot, powdery mildew and downy mildew |
| Dimensions | rounded, 3-3.5 feet |
| Maintenance | I like to keep my plants on the compact side. To do this, cut the new branches back 33-50% every 1-3 years in the spring. If you want a larger plant just let them grow more and prune less, but a good hard pruning every once in a while is good for the plant. Each spring there will be old dead stems to remove from the center and dead tips of branched to cut off. This plant is very thorny and a long sleeve shirt and a good pair of gloves are essential. I have found the long reach rose pruners make this pruning job much easier. Dead heading helps to promote quicker flushes of flowers. But by dead heading you will lose the rose hips. This is a matter of choice. |
| Propagation | PPAF |
| Cultivar Origin | Hybridized by Tom Carruth in 2006. |
| Author's Notes | This is a strong growing rose at the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, Wisconsin USA. Enjoyed seeing the mass of red flowers each year. |
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