‘Rosa’ Double Knock Out Rose
If you long to have beautiful roses in your garden, but you’ve heard that they are hard to grow, Rosa Double Knock Out ‘Radtko’ is the perfect answer. This rose is so disease resistant, that it even avoids the dreaded scourge of BlackSpot. It just keeps going and growing, even with neglect. Imagine how big and gorgeous this can get if you treat it well!
Even more compact and shade-tolerant than it’s sister rose, the famous original Knock Out, it’s ideal as a low hedge! The family of Knock Out roses just may be the best landscape roses ever developed. Not only is it a tireless bloomer all summer and into fall, but it is terrifically resistant to blackspot and other diseases and keeps its healthy foliage in any climate. As a BONUS, Radtko has DOUBLE-flowered blooms and even greater shade tolerance than the original!
These blooms of shiny fire-engine red are about 2 1/2 inches wide and just keep blooming and blooming from early summer till frost. Most are fully double, some semi-double, with an average petal count of 18 to 25. These blooms are all high-centered in the classic Rose form. And best of all for beginners, there’s NO need to deadhead this lively shrub. The flowers on Radtko just keep coming no matter what! This one is a winner!
Social Climber from Jackson & Perkins
Here in the South, we are having rainy weather. Actually, we’re having thunderstorms on and off. Last time that happened we had 17 tornados touch down too close for comfort. But after this last year of drought, the rain is very welcome.
Now that Spring is here and the ground is getting saturated, it’s time to think of planting. So what could be more magnificent than a climbing rose? Nuthin’!
This beautiful Social Climber Climbing Rose from Jackson & Perkins is shipped bareroot to be planted next to an arbor or trellis to give you years of beauty. Full-petaled, fragrant flowers are rare in climbing roses! These blossoms are a beautiful deep clear pink, with rapid, repeat bloom cycles and a graceful, well-branched habit. The rose drapes your arbor in spice-scented blooms from spring until fall. The deep pink color shows off in 4″ blooms. My neighbors were so impressed with my roses last year that they think I’m an expert.
Gurney’s Gardening Catalog
If you’ve done much gardening at all, you’ll recognize the name Gurney’s. And if you want to know the joy of gardening in 2008, you should order your Gurney’s 2008 catalog right away. Flowers, vines, shrubs, trees are available in abundance, as well as perennials and annuals. And the best part is, you can plan your garden now and order your seeds, to get a jump start on all your vegetables and flowers. The catalog is chock full of selections for your zone, and all the gardening supplies you can desire to make the perfect garden. Get abundant yields with their special fertilizers and find out the latest techniques for effective results. You can buy an awful lot of seeds for much less than the prices in the grocery stores.
Gardener’s Gloves for Roses
It’s hard to know what to buy your gardening friends for the holidays. Most plants are dormant and who even knows what supplies they’ve already purchased for themselves. But if you have a friend who is a rose lover then you are in luck. Gardeners absolutely love these new Miracle Fiber gloves. Made of synthetic suede, these gloves breathe so hands won’t sweat. The material stays flexible and won’t stiffen, shrink or crack with washing. The palms are padded, and the extra-long 15-1/2″ sleeves protect arms from thorns and scratchy brush when they prune or care for their beloved roses.






