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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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