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:

Lesa said... [Reply to comment]

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

DrillerAA09 said... [Reply to comment]

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.

Annie Jeffries said... [Reply to comment]

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

Piyush Garyali said... [Reply to comment]

Nice flowers :)

Tussy said... [Reply to comment]

Execellent, beautiful line of red!

My Mellow Yellow Monday
My Ruby Tuesday

dining room table said... [Reply to comment]

This is beautiful! I like the knockout roses!

Elleona said... [Reply to comment]

Bonjour.

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

Kim, USA said... [Reply to comment]

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

Hootin Anni said... [Reply to comment]

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

Yogi♪♪♪ said... [Reply to comment]

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.

Daniela said... [Reply to comment]

Beautiful flowers and lovely colour :)

Marites said... [Reply to comment]

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

Snowcatcher said... [Reply to comment]

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

maryt/theteach said... [Reply to comment]

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