Peach Drift® Rose (Rosa 'Meiggili')

Peach Drift® Rose (Rosa 'Meiggili', PP18,542) brings soft peach color to the garden with abundant double flowers from midspring until the first frost. Glossy, deep green foliage forms a low, spreading deciduous shrub that fits neatly into smaller planting spaces.

Use this compact rose along sunny borders, in grouped groundcover plantings, around foundations, or in containers. Its long flowering season makes it a useful companion for catmint, lilacs, and peonies.

Growing details

• Plant type: Deciduous flowering shrub
• Mature size: 1–1.5 feet tall and 1.5–2 feet wide
• Spacing: Approximately 1.5 feet apart
• Hardiness: USDA zones 4–11
• Light: Full sun
• Soil: Rich, moist, slightly acidic, well-drained soil
• Flowers: Double, soft peach blooms from midspring to frost

Care and landscape use

Plant in a sunny location with good drainage. Peach Drift Rose is described as disease resistant, but roses can still develop black spot, powdery mildew, rust, or rose rosette. Monitor plant health, especially during humid or rainy weather, and watch for pests such as aphids, mites, and thrips.

Its low, spreading habit provides flowering groundcover and softens the edges of borders and foundation beds.

Image credit: Kimon Berlin, Peach Drift Rose. Plants naturally vary in appearance and may differ from the images shown.