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RE: Easy rose trend
Caroline,
You can check the website www.theknockoutrose.com for a garden center
near you. The rose is so popular that many garden centers sold out
early. Good luck finding one.
Susan McCoy
Office: 610-388-9330
Cell: 610-220-8400
IMPACT Marketing/Garden Media Group
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-----Original Message-----
From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Caroline
Dewilde
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:23 AM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] Easy rose trend
I wantedto try the two new Knock Outs but couldn't find at any of my
local
garden centers. Are They being distributed generally?
caroline dewilde
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan McCoy <buzz@impact-pr.com>
To: 'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:06 PM
Subject: RE: [GWL] Easy rose trend
> April 7, 2004
>
> Knock OutT is the #1 rose in the US and possibly the most popular new
> shrub in America this year. It is truly a rose anyone can grow.
> According to garden writer Marty Ross, "It begs to be neglected!" It
> requires little to no maintenance and blooms continuously from spring
to
> hard frost. This year, Blushing Knock Out and Pink Knock Out were
> introduced. But instead of hearing from me how great it is, read
below
> what the people at Texas A&M have to say about it.
>
> I can send images.
>
> "KNOCK OUT" ROSE RECEIVES TEXAS SUPERSTAR DESIGNATION
> Writer: Jennifer Paul, (972) 952-9232, j-paul@tamu.edu
> Contact: Steve George, (972) 952-9217, s-george3@tamu.edu
> Brent Pemberton, (903) 834-6191, b-pemberton@tamu.edu
>
> HIGH RES PICTURES AVAILABLE AT
> http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/HORT/Apr0604a.htm
>
> DALLAS -- It has been called the perfect landscape shrub. Virtually
> disease-free, Knock Out rose as received the Texas Superstar
designation
> by horticultural experts at Texas A&M University.
>
> According to Dr. Steve George, Texas Cooperative Extension
> horticulturist in Dallas, Texas A&M presents the title to plants that
> have undergone rigorous field trial testing to demonstrate they add
> beauty to a landscape with minimal maintenance and maximum protection
> for the environment.
>
> Knock Out was first introduced in 2000 and hailed a "breakthrough
shrub
> rose" by the All-American Rose Selections because of its exceptional
> disease resistance and hardiness. It was one of three roses to win the
> prestigious AARS award for outstanding garden performance in 2000.
>
> The rose was first brought to the attention of scientists by Dr. Brent
> Pemberton, a rose researcher with the Texas Agricultural Experiment
> Station at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and
> Extension Center in Overton.
>
> "I have had it in field trials at the Overton Center since 1998," said
> Pemberton. "From the beginning, this rose was special. In a field
trial
> where no disease controlling fungicides were used, Knock Out plants
> retained their foliage in stark contrast to the roses around them."
>
> During a four-year research study at the Texas A&M University System
> Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Dallas, scientists found
> Knock Out to be one of the finest landscape roses that they had ever
> tested. During testing, no pesticides of any kind were ever applied.
>
> "It has proven to be almost resistant to black spot, the fungal
disease
> that is the scourge of roses across much of the United States," said
> George. "It is also resistant to powdery mildew and aphids. It is
> cold-hardy throughout the state and will grow in a wide range of soils
> (even highly alkaline clays) and is very heat- and drought-tolerant
once
> established."
>
> The fluorescent, cherry-red blooms begin in spring, and continue to
> provide color until the first frost. During the winter months,
> orange-red rose hips provide added winter interest. It grows well in
> planting zones 4 through 9 and will be five feet high by five feet
wide
> when mature.
>
> According to George, Knock Out is extremely easy to grow, even for
those
> brand new to gardening, and is so pest tolerant that almost never will
> pesticides need to be applied.
>
> "Simply locate the plants where they will get good air movement over
the
> leaves and receive eight hours or more of direct sun each day," said
> George. "Then incorporate three to four inches of finished compost
into
> the soil prior to planting. Keep the soil surface covered with three
> inches of organic material year round."
>
> "If someone tells me that roses are too hard or need too much care, I
> tell them that this rose was made just for them," said Pemberton.
"This
> is one of the toughest roses I have ever grown, and it will reward the
> gardener with years of beauty with very little care."
>
> The Texas Superstar effort is one of the Texas A&M system's most
> innovative and successful horticultural research and Extension
programs,
> said George.
>
> "Only the best adapted, highest performing and most pest-resistant
plant
> materials are designated Texas Superstars, and should include the
Texas
> Superstar pot label," he said.
>
> Knock Out previously was named an EarthKind rose by Texas A&M
> horticulturists. Only a few roses receive the EarthKind designation.
> Winners not only have to deliver outstanding landscape performance
under
> widely varying soil conditions with minimal care and impact to
> the environment, but they have to be beautiful as well.
>
> "A key component of both the EarthKind and Texas Superstar
designations
> is that a rose's tolerance to pests is so great that you "will almost
> never have to apply harsh pesticides in the care of these roses,"
George
> said. "EarthKind and Texas Superstar plants are the finest, most
> thoroughly tested and most environmentally responsible plants for use
in
> Texas landscapes and gardens."
>
> For more information on the Texas Superstar program or to find the
> nearest official Texas Superstar retailer, go to
> http://TexasSuperstar.com.
>
> -30-
>
>
> Susan McCoy
> Office: 610-388-9330
> Cell: 610-220-8400
> IMPACT Marketing/Garden Media Group
> www.gardenmediagroup.com
> "We make you popular with your customers!"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne
> Pierot
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:01 PM
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Easy rose trend
>
> Can you tell us more about the Knock-out rose please.
> Suzanne Pierot
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> To: "'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'"
> <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [GWL] Easy rose trend
>
>
> > I read the story of how the Knock-out Rose was developed. The
breeder
> > is William Radler. If any of you are familiar with his roses, I
would
> > be interested in hearing about the rose hips they produce. As the
> > editor of a newsletter on fruit growing, I try to locate plants that
> fit
> > into the edible landscape. I know that Rugosa Roses, which have
large
> > tasty hips, are often used in rose breeding. They share the
hardiness
> > and disease resistance of Mr. Radler's roses, so I wonder if any of
> them
> > also have similar rose hips?
> > -Mark Lee, Seattle
> > editor of the Western Cascade Fruit Society newsletter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [g*@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Susan
> > McCoy
> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:04 AM
> > To: 'Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum'
> > Subject: [GWL] Easy rose trend
> >
> > The gardening industry has known for sometime that easy to grow
roses
> > were driving sales, but it now appears that carefree roses as a
major
> > trend in gardening has hit the big league. Rebercca Kolls just did
a
> > segment on Roses 101 for ABC Good Morning America last week. Check
it
> > out at
> >
>
www.abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/RebeccaKolls/Roses_Gardening_040630-1.ht
> > ml .
> >
> > And The Wall Street Journal will feature Knock OutR
> > (www.theknockoutrose.com) and other easy to grow roses in an article
> > scheduled to run on July 9th in the Weekend Journal section. The
> > reporter is focusing on low maintenance roses that anyone can grow
as
> a
> > new fad in gardening. The reporter interviewed Steve Hutton,
> president
> > of The Conard-Pyle Company, along with some happy gardeners who
before
> > planting Knock Out were "afraid" to grow roses.
> >
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