Rosa 'KNIRPS'^®

Rosa 'KNIRPS'®
standard rose by Kordes

SIZE/TYPE	small tree
USUAL HEIGHT	0.6-1.5m
USUAL WIDTH	0.4-0.6m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep pink
BLOOMING TIME	June - November
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Roses Summer blooms

KNIRPS^® is one of the most profusely flowering polyantha rose by Kordes. It produces medium small, rich pink, fully double flowers from June until November. The flowers are so resistant to cold that in spite of having been hit by the first frosts they can continue blooming if the weather changes to mild. KNIRPS^® was introduced in 1997 and awarded ADR in 2004. It received Gold Medal in Baden-Baden and Silver Medal in Adelaide.

Foliage is deciduous, rich green and glossy. The plant height is dependent on the height of stem (the top is grafted) and the crown does not grow much upwards since its shoots tend to weep bearing so many flowers.

Planting instructions: Plant it in the same level as it is now in the container. Provide a good support for the stem. Water it well and mulch it for winter. Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun. If you live in a region with harsh and long winters protect the crown and the grafting point with white woven.

Pruning: These roses needn’t be pruned. Still, we recommend shaping the crown in early spring in order to achieve a good and strong framework. What you can do, too, is deadhead spent flowers above the first leaf with 5 leaflets. A few doses of good quality fertilizer will enhance flowering and the flowers will last longer.

Last update: 16-09-2013

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GLOSSARY

STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.