Re: question about KnockOut roses and overwintering

**"* H* <g*@charter.net>**

Carolyn Ulrich wrote:
 Here in Chicago I've noticed that several KnockOut roses didn't make it
> through the winter or, if they survived, they were badly hit and are
> only 6 inches tall at this point. Has anybody else noticed this?

I'm about 80 miles northwest of Chicago, where we had even more 
snow....about 75 inches.  My Yellow KnockOut and Double Red died.  The 
original Red KnockOut and Pink KnockOut came through OK, but they are in a 
bed sheltered by the house.

I think the problem was, despite thick insulating snow cover, that the 
January thaw that spawned flooding and tornadoes, disrupted dormancy.  Just 
a theory.
Doreen Howard 

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