I planted mine about a month ago. When I first bought this it was beautiful. I loved the peach color. It's different! I was so excited about it. It's now almost a month later and it hasn't really flowered at all! The beautiful flowers are dying!

Bill 14150: Knock Out roses need about the same conditions as most other roses do. Evenly moist, well-drained soil. Maybe they'll survive a drought and maybe they won't. But they will be definitely unhappy about it and they won't look very good..

mommom, your roses are just going through their normal blooming cycle. The rose will look better if you trim off the ends that are no longer blooming.

Water well (but don't drown them) and regularly. . . and wait. After a rest (anywhere from a few weeks to a month or sometimes even 6 weeks), the bush will bloom again. At the end of that blooming cycle, again trim off the spent blooms, water, and wait--for the next bloom cycle.

One reason your rose isn't doing much right now is that it is still trying to grow roots in your garden. A newly planted rose will probably take about a month or 6 weeks before it starts putting out new vigorous growth.

Patience is a virtue all gardeners have to learn. : )

Kate

Thanks nickl. I somewhat suspected that, the watering of the knock outs, despite the claims how drought tolerant they are. But I was surprised how quickly the cuttings rooted, and rooted very well in just 6 weeks or so. I really didn't expect to see anything so soon, but I had to move them and discovered the well developed root systems. I figured next spring I'd be seeing the results! Thanks again.