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2007 AARS Winners

Beautiful, fragrant, disease resistant and easy to maintain... these traits have earmarked All-America Rose Selections winners for over 65 years. And this year's AARS Winners are no exception. They're outstanding examples of roses that have excelled in these areas during two years of thorough testing.

Rainbow Knock Out - 2007 AARS   Rainbow Knock Out

Even more floriferous and disease-resistant than its famous parent, Rainbow Knock Out is a bushy but compact landscape shrub rose with short stems bearing glossy, dark green leaves. Its blooms are single-form flowers that start out as pointed buds and appear abundantly throughout the growing season. The delicate five-petaled flowers are 2" in diameter and are a deep coral-pink color with a yellow center finishing nicely to light coral. Rainbow Knock Out will have a nice display of blooms late into the season, and while it does not exhibit a strong fragrance, the petals emit a delicate sweetbriar scent. Suitable for container growing in small spaces, this rose is the prefect accent to any garden. It is also winter hardy to zone 4 and is fully resistant to black spot, mildew and rust.

     
Strike It Rich - 2007 AARS   Strike It Rich

A modern take on the classic 1950 AARS award-winner Sutter's Gold, this generation resembles its famous ancestor with a strong spicy fragrance and elegant buds of deep golden-yellow swirled with ruby red. Yet this contemporary version is much easier to grow because of its great disease-resistance and strong natural vigor. This true grandiflora bears loads of long-stemmed blossoms offset by very dark green leaves and unusual deep red stems. A medium-tall upright, Strike It Rich boasts clusters of voluptuous double and informal flowers that are up to 5" in diameter with approximately 30 petals each. The flowers are long-lived and retain their blend of gold, orange and red tones to the very end. The blooms are stunning in a bouquet or in the landscape.

     
Moondance - 2007 AARS   Moondance

As ethereal and lovely as its name implies, Moondance is characterized by large trusses of creamy white, beautifully formed flowers contrasted by very glossy dark green foliage. Upright and well branched, it is an extremely vigorous and tall plant with stems typically 14"-18" long. Rose buds are pointed and oval-shaped in form leading to high-centered flowers, which open flat to about 3½" in diameter and consist of approximately 25 petals each. Moondance has an exceptionally spicy fragrance for a white floribunda. In addition, its impressive long stems can also be arranged into an elegant bouquet. Moondance is highly resistant to black spot, mildew and rust.

Now's the time to plant bare-root roses.
You can save up to 50% by purchasing bare-root roses versus waiting for these same roses in planters. And bareroot plants usually adapt better to your garden than plants transplanted from containers because they only have to adjust to one type of soil... yours! Plus, the selection is fantastic. For example at Fred Meyer Garden Centers, you'll find over 75 varieties to choose from. Click here for our 3-Step-No-Fail-Plan for Planting Bareroot Roses.

Visit your Fred Meyer Garden Center today, and start growing award-winning rose plants!

While much of the information in these tips is applicable in several gardening zones/climates, some of the plants and timing suggested are best suited to the Northwest, generally in the mild/wet growing regions found along the I-5 corridor. You should make appropriate adjustments or consult local gardening experts in regions whose climates differ from this area of the Northwest.

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