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Lemon Drift® rose

Drift® Roses

Rosa 'Meisentmil' Lemon Drift® PP20,635

Own Root Rose

size #2 Pot

Fall shipping: arrives dormant

Leaves may be turning color or already dropped, leaving bare stems.
Plant on arrival and water well. Roots keep growing until the ground freezes.
New leaves come out in spring.

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Lemon Drift® rose

Drift® Roses

Lemon Drift® Rose opens bright yellow and fades to creamy white as the flowers age, so a plant in bloom carries both tones at once. Rosa 'Meisentmil' grows 12 to 24 inches tall and spreads 24 to 36 inches in full sun, hardy from Zone 5 through Zone 11.

Bloom runs continuously from mid-spring to frost, and the flowers drop cleanly without deadheading. Yellow is a hard color to keep in a landscape rose, since most bleach out entirely by midsummer, and this one holds enough of it to read yellow through the season.

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.

Note that Lemon Drift is hardy to Zone 5 rather than Zone 4 like most of the line, so it needs a little more winter protection at the cold end of its range. Disease resistance is high. Cut back by about a third in late winter. Shipped on its own roots.

Size at Maturity

Height 12"- 24" Spread 24"- 36"

Growing Zone

USDA Hardiness Zones 5-11

Lowest Temperatures -30°F to -20°F

Light Requirements

Full sun - more than 6 hours of direct sun per day

Wildlife Benefits

Supports Bees
Attracts Butterflies

Special Conditions

Reblooming

Seasons of Interest

Spring
Summer
Fall

How to Plant

Give your new plant the best start possible. Click here for general planting instructions.

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Planting and Care Guide

Planting Tips

Plant in well-drained soil. Dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball. Space 2–3 feet apart. Water thoroughly after planting and mulch 2–3 inches deep, keeping mulch away from the canes.

Care Tips

Plant in full sun, at least 6 hours a day. More sun gives more flowers and fewer leaf problems.
Plant in well-drained soil with compost worked in.
Water deeply once a week through the first summer and in dry spells after that, at the base of the plant and in the morning.
Mulch 2 to 3 inches deep, keeping it back from the canes.
Feed in spring as growth starts with a rose or balanced slow-release fertilizer. Feed again lightly after the first bloom, and stop by midsummer.
Most of these rebloom without deadheading. Trimming off spent clusters keeps the plant tidy.
Prune in early spring as the buds swell. Remove dead wood, then cut the whole plant back by about a third.
Groundcover types can be sheared back in early spring.
Do not prune in fall; wait until spring.
Black spot can show up in humid summers. Space plants for air movement and rake up fallen leaves.
Plants grown on their own roots regrow true to type if a hard winter kills them back.
Japanese beetles can strip flowers and leaves in midsummer. Hand-pick them into soapy water early in the day.
Rose rosette disease causes red, bristly, distorted new shoots. Remove and destroy an affected plant, roots and all; it does not recover.

Lemon Drift® rose

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