Has anyone seen these in Houston recently? Sam's Club had big pots of KO's including the new yellow about a month ago or so but have since sold out. I'd like to get some yellow ones but where to go.....?
TIA.
Yellow Knock Outs
Now PF's doesn't have it as a double, doesn't even list it as NEW (out in 2007): http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/177644/
Yet most people are still not familiar with it.
Figured it'd be a double since Sam's was only carrying the double pinks but if it's this one then it's not a double I suppose!
Now this site has the yellow and is touting it AS new. Again, what's going on here?
Looks like this other GW company selling it says it's new also so must be one and the same.
http://www.gardencrossings.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=1225
Given the ratings of both on GW (thanks Dave for that!) I'd pass on the company of the first link. But seems this plant is a buzz in the garden world and any online order of it will be out of stock and late to ship.
I COULD try driving up to Brenham for ARE but they are pricey there.
So....anywhere else in Houston you've seen these please?
Dave's staff got back to me because I noted that Antique Rose Emporium is never listed as a place to buy from:
Quoting:
Mailorder
companies can choose to participate in PlantScout, but as of right
now, this company is not participating in this program.
We encourage you to contact them and urge them to consider signing up
for PlantScout. (Often, a loyal customer's encouragement is more
persuasive than a sales call from one of our sales team.)
I'm surprised they aren't yet supporting Dave's.
This message was edited Apr 11, 2009 5:42 AM
ARE doesn't have it anyhow.
My dad just bought one at the new Calloway's in Southlake. Do you have Calloway's in Houston?
Had them in San Antone but not here. :(
I'd love to have a yellow 'Knock Out'. I bought 2 red doubles which are doing great. I then bought a pink single ($24.99) which is a disappointment so far because it has black spot REALLY bad. I thought it was supposed to be resistant to black spot. It was my mistake buying it from Lowe's because the bushes were crammed into each other. I saw that it had some leaves with black spot right in the center of the plant with the rest of the plant looking great and covered in blooms. However, I thought I could control it with the milk and water treatment (9 parts water and 1 part milk) like I do with my miniature roses. Wrong. It has lost 3/4 of its foliage and only has 2 blooms on it. I added some 2 in 1 rose fertilizer yesterday even though the dirt (same dirt I used with the red ones) I potted it in has fertilizer in it. I hope this will not burn the plant. I am wondering if the yellow is as black spot resistant as the red. Has anyone grown a yellow?
I will be soon :)
Went to ARE in Brenham today. My only disappointment with it is that it is not a double. Yep, they'll come out with that next year ;)
Congratulations on your new rose!:o) Let us know how it performs for you.
Hazel, have you tried neem oil for your black spot? I'm not much of a rose person, but neem has worked for me. If you use it as a soil drench, it's supposed to have systemic properties for about a month. And, it's completely organic.
Chamblee's introduced a single yellow knock out last year called Lemoncello ...I have one as I had gone to them and asked about donating something for door prizes and they gave me 10 of them to give pout with the understanding that those that got one were asked to let them know how they did.
My is already blooming and has done real well in not having black spot and such also.
pbtxlady, I have used neem as a foliar spray for other purposes and did not know that it could be used as a drench. Thanks for the information. I will try it.
Mibus2, thanks for providing information on this rose. After field testing new varieties and the plants are introduced in the marketplace, information about their performance in garden environments is of considerable value.
Hi HTOP, You mentioned neem. Could you tell me what and where I can buy it. Is neem letters for other words or is that the real name of it. All info will be appreicated. Thanks alday
Neem oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds of Neem (Azadirachta indica) which is an evergreen tree. So, Neem is its real name and the letters do not stand for other words. It is used in organic farming and gardening. It repels a variety of pests including the mealy bugs, beet armyworms, aphids, cabbage worms, nematodes and Japanese beetles. It is used extensively because it is not harmful to mammals, birds or some beneficial insects such as honeybees and ladybugs. In addition, it can be used as a household pesticide for ants, bedbugs, cockroaches, houseflies, sand flies, snails, termites and mosquitoes both as repellent and larvicide. I did not know that Neem oil controls black spot until pbtxlady told me. I had only used it as a pesticide. It also controls powdery mildew, anthracnose and rust. It has other uses as well.
For use as a pesticide, pure Neem oil should be diluted at the rate of 1 teaspoon per quart or 4 teaspoons per gallon of water (metric: 5.2 milliliters per liter). Adding a surfactant such as dish soap enhances its effectiveness. I haven't checked lately, but it used to be available at Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe's. Most nurseries sell it.
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This message was edited Apr 14, 2009 10:53 PM
it still is available those stores as that is where I find mine this time of year