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However, if quicker control is needed, use an insecticide labeled for aphids such as insecticidal soap or horticultural oil. Usually, no control is required for aphids because native insect predators and parasites reduce the aphid population as the season progresses. Badly infected roses must be promptly dug out. Infected parts should be pruned out promptly. It causes the leaves and stems of new growth to become twisted and spindly. One serious disease that can be transmitted is rose mosaic virus to which KnockOut roses are susceptible. Aphids may also transmit viruses to roses from other infected plants. They feed on the sap of mostly new growth, resulting in a yellowing and distortion/curling of the new growth.
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Aphids: Aphids are a common early-season pest of roses.However, periodic fertilizing, following soil test recommendations, will give the best flowering and growth. These roses do not require heavy fertilization. Mulch the roses with pine bark, hardwood bark, chopped leaves or pine needles to conserve soil moisture, moderate soil temperatures, and prevent weeds. Have the soil tested to determine its nutritional needs. Always thoroughly prepare the planting site (not the planting hole) with liberal amounts of compost prior to planting. These roses are quite tolerant of most soils but not poor drainage. They will grow in a shadier place but will be sparse with reduced flowering. This is a minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight every day.
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KnockOut® landscape roses need full sun to thrive. This can be done at any time of the year. Periodically, older, declining, and broken canes will need to be removed. They won’t die but will require a long time to recover. Cutting them back very severely, like a hybrid tea rose is not recommended. Simply cut the canes back every year in late winter or early spring to approximately 24 inches. Since KnockOut® roses only reach a maximum height of 4 feet and a width of about the same they do not require much pruning.
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He currently maintains hundreds of roses in his private collection and continues to breed them - always looking for improvements in uniqueness, hardiness, and beauty. Radler pursued his life-long interest in horticulture, specializing in roses and earning a degree in landscape architecture and became the Director of the Boerner Botanic Gardens.