Coral Drift®

This rose's location in the garden is SW 07 & 08.

• Classification: Shrub
  
• Flower Color:  orange pink
• Flower Size: 1.5 inches
• Flower Form:  cluster-flowered, flat-to-cupped blooms
• Petal Count:  20-25
• Fragrance:  slight spice
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:  small, medium green, glossy
• Plant Height:  1.5 feet
• Plant Width:    2 feet
• Growth Habit:  low, rounded mound
• Disease Resistant:  very
• Hybridizer:  Alain Meilland (France)
• Registered:  2006
• Parentage:  ‘The Fairy’ x ‘Rote Max Graf’
• ARS* Rating:  7.3 (a good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:

• None

 
Notes:

• “Part of Conard-Pyle Co.’s Star Roses line, Drift® roses fit a special niche in the shrub rose market. Created in response to increased consumer demand for smaller everblooming plants, Drifts® are sold primarily in 6-inch pots, quarts, gallons and 10-inch deco pots. Drift roses are a cross between full-size groundcover roses and miniatures. From the former they kept the toughness, vigor, disease resistance and winter hardiness. From the miniatures, they inherited their well-managed size and repeat-flowering nature.” --- Greenhousemag.com, May 2008

• “So Drift® Roses were released full scale in spring 2008 — a mere 16 years after we saw the prototype and 19 years after it was created by a visionary breeder at Meilland. Today they are still gaining in popularity in a way that is not without resemblance to what we saw with Knock Out® in the early years.” There are 6 colors in the Drift® series. --- Starrosesandplants.com