The Drift Roses

Extraordinary Hardy Ground Cover & Tree Roses

A breakthrough in rose hybridizing, the Drift are compact groundcover roses.  Their versatile habit fits equally well into small home gardens, patio containers and handing baskets as it goes when they are planted in masse across large, open beds.  The Drift have been tested extensively under very diverse climate conditions.  They are winter hardy in zone 5 and could easily qualify as spreading disease resistance as their larger, better-known cousins, the Meidiland and Carefree shrub roses.  Likewise, the drift are equally well suited for larger commercial planting. 

Peach Drift  Red Drift

Pink Drift  Coral Drift Apricot Drift

	Color Deep Coral Orange Bloom Shape / Size Cuplike / Small, 1½” Petal Count 20–25 Inflorescence 5 to 8 flowers per stem Flowering Very Abundant and Continuous Habit Rounded, Very bushy Height less than 1½’ Width less than 2’ Foliage Small, Semi-glossy, Dark Green Disease Resistance Very Good,  Zone 5–10
	The most floriferous of the Drifts®. Color Bright Peach Apricot Bloom Shape / Size Cuplike / Small, 1½” Petal Count 15–20 Inflorescence 5 to 8 flowers per stem Flowering Very Abundant and Continuous Habit Rounded, Very Bushy Height less than 1½’ Width less than 2’ Foliage Small, Semi-glossy, Dark Green Disease Resistance Very Good, Zone 5–10
	The most prostrate of the Drifts®. Color Deep Pink Bloom Shape / Size Semi-Double / Small, 1½” Petal Count 7–8, Inflorescence 10 to 20 flowers per stem Flowering Very Abundant and Continuous, Habit Low, Creeping  Height less than 1½’, Width less than 3’, Foliage Small, Semi-glossy, Dark Green, Disease Resistance Very Good,  Zone 5–10
	The smallest of the Drifts®. Color Scarlet Red Bloom Shape / Size Cuplike / Very Small, ¾”, Petal Count 15 Inflorescence 10 to 20 flowers per stem, Flowering very abundant and continuous, Habit Low, Creeping Height less than 1½’, Width less than 2’, Foliage Small, Semi-glossy, Dark Green Disease Resistance- Very Good, Zone 5–10