Pink Double Knock Out® Rose

The rose that changed everything — double pink blooms from spring through frost, disease-resistant, self-cleaning, and virtually maintenance-free.

The Pink Double Knock Out® Rose (Rosa 'Radtkopink') is the rose for people who love roses but don't love the work. It produces an abundance of fully double, bright pink blooms from spring all the way through the first hard frost — a bloom season that puts traditional roses to shame. It's self-cleaning, which means spent blooms drop on their own without deadheading. It's disease-resistant, which means no black spot, no powdery mildew, no weekly spray schedule. And it's cold-hardy to Zone 5, heat-tolerant, and drought-tolerant once established. It's simply the most reliable, lowest-maintenance rose you can grow.

What I love about it

The Double Knock Out® is the rose that converted a generation of gardeners who had given up on roses. The double blooms are full and beautiful — a true rose form, not a single-petal compromise — and the plant produces them continuously without any deadheading. The disease resistance is genuine: this rose doesn't get black spot. It doesn't need weekly fungicide sprays. It just blooms, and blooms, and blooms. Plant it in a border, a foundation planting, a container, or a mass planting for a hedge of continuous color. Give it full sun and decent drainage and it will reward you with months of blooms every year.

Plant Care Tips

• ☀️ Light: Full sun — 6–8 hours daily; essential for best blooming
• 💧 Water: Drought-tolerant once established; water deeply when young
• 🌡️ Temperature: Hardy to -20°F (Zone 5)
• 🪴 Difficulty: Very easy — the most low-maintenance rose available
• 🐾 Pet Safety: Non-toxic to cats and dogs; thorns present
• ✂️ Pruning: Cut back by 1/3 in early spring; self-cleaning — no deadheading needed

Plant Specs

• Mature Size: 3–4 ft tall and wide
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• Bloom Time: Spring through first hard frost; continuous
• Flower Color: Bright pink; fully double
• Disease Resistance: Excellent — resistant to black spot and powdery mildew
• Growing Zone: 5–9

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