From GCA’s Fashion In Bloom: The next Knock Out

JENNERSVILLE, PA. -- Are you ready for the next punch in the Knock Out series of landscape roses?

Conard-Pyle unveiled Sunny Knock Out on the first day of Fashion In Bloom this week.

Sunny Knock Out opens to a medium yellow, and over time it becomes more pastel and eventually gets a pink tinge to some petals.

Conard-Pyle’s Steve Hutton was quick to point out that this is not Yellow Knock Out that many in the industry have been anticipating. That’s still in the works at Bill Radler’s breeding grounds.

“As you know, yellow is the most difficult color to get disease resistance in a rose,” Hutton told me. “This one has the disease resistance and garden performance we want, but not the true yellow color. That’s coming, though.”

-- Kevin