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Transcript: Texas Tough Roses
Maybe you've never condidered growing roses before because you've considered them to be too wimpy, requiring sprays and pampering to keep them happy.Hey, some roses are that way, but I'm going to tell you about three today that are Texas tough, they look good when they're in bloom, they look good as shrubs when they're not in bloom. They make good additions to your landscape; they're part of our Texas Superstar collection.
Knockout is an outstanding rose. It gets about five feet tall at the maximum, makes a good shrub. You can prune it down to about three feet and keep it there pretty well. The blooms are a very hot cherry red color that fade to a pink. The foliage is outstanding; it starts out a burgundy color, and then it fades as it grows older to a nice dark green color. It's almost completely disease-proof, you never have to spray this rose, it's an all-America selection that does very well here in Texas.
The second is Belinda's Dream. Belinda's Dream is perhaps the closest thing to a perfect rose we can see. It's a great shrub, it's quite disease resistant, it has beautiful typical rose-shaped blooms that are a beautiful pink color and also very fragrant.
The third choice is Marie Daly. Marie Daly is a sport off the old antique rose called Marie Paviet. Now Marie Daly is a pinker form of that. It makes a smaller bush and can even fit in a large container; it's almost thorn-free. It doesn't have thorns on the stems, but just some minor thorns on the back of the stem.
All three of these roses look great even when not in bloom, with healthy foliage and good shrub form.
For more information on these roses, go to the Gardening With Skip website and look for the link to superstar plants.
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