'Pink Drift ®' Rose

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'Pink Drift ®' rose Description

My HMF:

'Pink Drift ® (shrub, Mouchotte/Meilland, 2008)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Jean Marion

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Meijocos
• Pink Compact Meidiland ®

HMF Ratings:

24 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

Origin:

Bred by Jacques Mouchotte (France, before 2008).
Introduced in France by Meilland International (after 1997) in 2009 as 'Pink Drift'.
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2009 as 'Pink Drift'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Deep pink, white center, ages to pink . None / no fragrance. 8 to 11 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Small to medium, single to semi-double, cluster-flowered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Short, mounded. Small, glossy, dark green, dense foliage. 3 to 9 leaflets.

Height: 1' to 16" (30 to 40cm). Width: 30" to 35" (75 to 90cm).

Growing:

Can be used for garden, ground cover or hanging basket.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 4874 on 17 Sep 2014
Application No: 10-6991 on 20 May 2010

Breeder: Alain Meilland, Meilland International, Le Luc en Provence, France
'Meijocos' originated from hybridization work conducted by the breeder at Le Luc en Provence, France in June 1997 between the female parent 'Korimro' and the male parent, a proprietary unnamed seedling.

United States - Patent No: PP 18,874 on 3 Jun 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/523,037 on 19 Sep 2006

Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the `Korimro` variety (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was an unnamed and unreleased seedling (non-patented in the United States).

Parentage:

Immensee (shrub, Kordes 1982) × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Breeder Mouchotte listed in Rose Hill Rose Trials.