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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Knock-me-out
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I'm no fan of fads. Never been the kind of person who had to have the latest thing. So I've been quietly watching the Knockout rose phenomenon these last few years, waiting to see if the claims were true and if the single Knockout would evolve into a double.

From what I hear, these roses do live up to their billing. They bloom all summer into frost. They're disease-resistant. They thrive in full sun to part shade. And the single, whose look I didn't much care for, gave way to the double, which I like.

We recently pulled out some azaleas that were planted in a bed that gets full sun and never liked it, put them in a shadier spot and replaced them with six double Knockout pink roses. I have to say they look great. And I don't have to worry about this trouble-spot anymore. Knock me out!

 
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About Virginia A. Smith
Ginny Smith, a Philadelphia native, worked as a reporter at newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Ohio – with six short months at the end of the Bulletin tossed in – before returning to Philadelphia in 1985 to join the Inquirer. Her favorite beats here have included Center City, roving around Pennsylvania (and getting paid for it!) and alternative medicine. She’s also been City Editor and Pennsylvania Editor. Ginny has been happily writing – and learning - about gardening fulltime since 2006. She’s won two silver medals of achievement from the national Garden Writers Association and in 2011, Bartram’s Garden honored her with its Green Exemplar award for her stories about “the region’s deeply rooted horticultural history, cultural attractions and bountiful gardens.”
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