Rosa 'Pink Knock Out' - Groundcover Rose

The 'Pink Knock Out' or 'Meigadraz' Ground Cover Rosebush, also known as the Rodin rosebush, will seduce gardeners who have discovered its exceptional ancestor, Knock Out, in every way. It differs from it with the hue of its semi-double flowers, a very bright medium pink, but it presents the same natural qualities of disease resistance and floribundity in the form of very pink bouquets that bloom from May until the first severe cold on a beautiful dark foliage. Dedicated to the famous sculptor, Rodin is an unbeatable and generous rosebush, producing many flowers and requiring little work!

The 'Pink Knock Out' or 'Meigadraz' rosebush belongs to a family called landscape roses, characterised by a bushy or ground cover habit. It forms a dense bush with a very homogeneous habit, reaching a height of about 70 cm (28in) and a spread of 60 cm (24in) at maturity. This variety bears semi-double flowers, 6 to 7 cm (2 to 3in) in diameter, adorned with a beautifully pure and bright pink hue, which reveals a small lighter centre populated with numerous stamens. They are grouped in bouquets of about ten flowers, which are almost continuously renewed on the plant from May to June to October and naturally fall off when they fade, making way for red-orange fruits. Their scent is very light, perhaps slightly more intense in hot climates. The autumn flowering is remarkable, and a lower light enhances the colour of the flowers. The very dark and glossy green foliage takes on a purplish hue in summer and purple-red in autumn. It covers long, thorny, and reddish stems. Awarded variety in 2010 in the Netherlands.

Landscape roses have many uses: lawn edging, flower beds, slopes, topping of walls or planters. They can be planted in any soil, in sunny or semi-shaded positions (3 hours of sun per day are sufficient). They offer long, exceptional flowering periods on healthy, shiny green foliage, often semi-evergreen. The Rodin rosebush adapts to all soils that are not too dry and all climates, which allows it to be welcomed without reservation from north to south of our country. It can be planted in groups of 3 plants, arranged in a triangle, or isolated on a lawn. When planted en masse, it will border paths and highlight shrub beds. It will perfectly integrate into beds of light or opulent perennials. For example, it can be planted with perennial geraniums (Geranium Blue Cloud, Anne Folkard, Nimbus, Orion), bellflowers (lactiflora, rapunculoides), catmints, snapdragons, foxgloves, or other Stachys. Left to grow freely, it will form a flowery dome with blurry shapes, wildly romantic in front of a flower bed composed of abelias, Kolkwitzia, mock oranges, elderberries, lilacs, or shrubby artemisias, for example.