You can learn how to plant double knockout roses without straining yourself too much. Now that roses are back more people are finding new methods on how to grow roses easily in their backyards. Nevertheless, roses never disappeared in the first place; they just lost their appeal to most growers.

A lot of growers who found it too tiresome to grow roses are learning that it is easier to plant double knockout roses instead. Since then, these became the new fashion in the rose growing industry.

Knockout roses are a type of shrub rose that can grow to about 3 ft. tall and wide. These roses can produce terminal clusters having single 3-in. diameter cherry red blooms. It can continue to grow throughout the summer season and will also continue to bloom. This is why knockout roses have become one amongst the blooming roses in the world today. This is why it's not suitable to be used as a type of cut flower. Aside from that, the blooms still feature light tea rose fragrances.

To plant knock out roses, it is important to breed and select plants wisely. Location also plays a vital role in the growth of these roses. This is an important factor which some rose breeding companies continue to ignore.

Until just recently, most double knockout roses were bred in California where diseases are non-existent. Even winters became a distant memory. For this reason, rose growers became frustrated with modern roses.

Most landscapes now feature knockout roses along with dwarf nandina, spireas, Bradford pears and Stella de 'Oro daylilies as well as other mass-produced plants which are effortless to grow and are widely adaptable. The new addition of knockout roses such as their sister lines will soon to come out.

Considerations to plant double knockout roses include location under full sunlight or light shade in a well-drained, fertile soil. This makes shrub roses suitable. During the winter, its leaves appear magnificent amongst most low evergreen shrubs - somehow compensating to typical winter nakedness.

In the spring time, it is important to prune these roses prior to new growth. Doing so can help control size. The same procedure is done to shrub roses. As the season progresses, fertilize and water to ensure that the plants will continue to grow as well as to set new flower buds.

Caring for double knockout roses is very minimal. Ensure that these roses never dry up in-between watering. Feeding should be given once a month for intense blooming but even if you don't, it's more likely that these roses will still bloom.

The best part to plant double knockout roses is because they're very resistant to typical rose diseases. As the newer variety of knockout roses, they're featured in red or pink colors. They're also single petaled as compared to earlier knockout roses.