Blushing Drift® Rose

Blushing Drift® Rose carries pale pink double flowers with a warm yellow eye at the center, so each bloom has a two-tone glow the solid pinks do not. Rosa 'Meifranjin' grows about 18 inches tall and spreads 3 feet in full sun, hardy from Zone 4 through Zone 11. Bloom is abundant and continuous from mid-spring to frost, with no deadheading required. Drift roses are a cross between full-size groundcover roses and miniature roses, bred to stay low and spread wide while blooming continuously. They were developed to fill the awkward spots: hillsides, narrow strips along a walk, the front edge of a bed, containers. All of them are self-cleaning, disease resistant, and need no deadheading. The three-foot spread makes this one of the widest Drifts, so a single plant covers real ground as an edging or a bank cover. Disease resistance is high, so the foliage holds clean through humid summers with no spray program. Cut back by about a third in late winter. Space 2.5 feet apart for coverage. Shipped on its own roots.