Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Ruby Tuesday - Knockout!

All along the east side of my back garden is a row of shrub rose of variety "Knockout".  The wooden fence is 5 feet high and the rose is nearly to the top.  Knockout is a fairly new variety, extremely disease resistant, vigorous, and long blooming.  I planted these about 5 years ago and they have grown to an impenetrable wall of thorn and bloom.  Even Smokey is reluctant to crash through to bark at the neighbor's lawn mower.  


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14 comments:

  1. LesaMonday, May 03, 2010

    spectacular! I'm in Okla too but haven't tried roses yet-- maybe I should give it a go.

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  2. DrillerAAMonday, May 03, 2010

    I love the knockout roses. As soon as I finish preparing the front flower bed, I'm putting in some of the knockouts. I love that they don't get very tall, but are loaded with blooms.
    Have a wonderful Ruby Tuesday.

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  3. Annie JeffriesMonday, May 03, 2010

    Pretty! There's nothing like a bank of roses to really bring a garden to life.

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  4. Piyush GaryaliMonday, May 03, 2010

    Nice flowers :)

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  5. TussyTuesday, May 04, 2010

    Execellent, beautiful line of red!

    My Mellow Yellow Monday
    My Ruby Tuesday

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  6. dining room tableTuesday, May 04, 2010

    This is beautiful! I like the knockout roses!

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  7. ElleonaTuesday, May 04, 2010

    Bonjour.

    J'ai aussi des clôtures de rosiers de ce style mais qui donnent de magnifiques petites roses blanches et ... beaucoup d'épines !
    kisses.

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  8. Kim, USATuesday, May 04, 2010

    It is really a knockout, it's beautiful. And I like to see that they are in full bloom this year. Thanks for sharing the pic. Happy RRT!

    RRT~Teacup

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  9. Hootin AnniTuesday, May 04, 2010

    And knockout glorious profusion of reds!! Wow.

    My Ruby Tuesday is posted...plus a joke [PG-13] today. Do come by for a visit, won't you?!!

    HERE

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  10. Yogi♪♪♪Tuesday, May 04, 2010

    Wow, a great colorful display of roses. We have knockout roses also. I fight with them every November when I put up our Christmas lights. But they are worth it.

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  11. DanielaTuesday, May 04, 2010

    Beautiful flowers and lovely colour :)

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  12. MaritesTuesday, May 04, 2010

    the name suits them..really a knock-out and beautiful! it's a good thief/trespasser deterrent too. have a nice week!

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  13. SnowcatcherTuesday, May 04, 2010

    That hue truly is a knockout! How lovely it would be to wake up to that view out my window every morning!

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  14. maryt/theteachTuesday, May 04, 2010

    They sure are a knockout, Tulsa Gentleman! Happy Ruby Tuesday! :)

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