Apricot Drift® Rose opens double flowers in a soft warm apricot, a color that sits between the pinks and the oranges and reads warm from a distance. Rosa 'Meimirrote' grows about 18 inches tall and spreads 2.5 feet in full sun, hardy from Zone 4 through Zone 11.
Bloom is continuous from mid-spring until frost, with no deadheading required since the flowers drop cleanly.
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 plant mounds low and wide with glossy foliage to the ground, which suits an edging, a bank, or a container. Disease resistance is high against black spot and mildew, so the foliage holds through humid summers with no spray program. Cut back by about a third in late winter. Shipped on its own roots.