'White Drift ®' Rose

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'White Drift ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• MEIzorland

HMF Ratings:

1 favorite vote.

Origin:

Discovered by Conception Fonseca (United States, 2011).
Introduced in United States by Star Roses & Plants (Pennsylvania) as 'White Drift'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

White, cream center. None / no fragrance. 69 to 80 petals. Average diameter 2". Medium, very full (41+ petals), in large clusters, cupped bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Wide oval buds.

Habit:

Spreading. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 3 to 9 leaflets.

Height: 1' to 18" (30 to 45cm). Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5a through 10a. Can be used for ground cover.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 5592 on 15 Dec 2017
Application No: 15-8765 on 27 Nov 2015

Breeder: Conception Fonseca, The Conard-Pyle Company, West Grove, United States of America
'Meizorland' was discovered as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation of Rose variety 'Meiswetdom' in West Grove, Pennysylvania, USA on August 16, 2011. It was bred and developed by the breeder, Conception Fonseca, and employee of the Conard-Pyle Company. '

United States - Patent No: PP 28,054 on 30 May 2017 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/756,361 on 3 Sep 2015

Inventors: Fonseca; Conception (West Grove, PA)
The new variety of Rosa hybrida shrub rose plant of the present invention was discovered as a branch mutation during 2011 at West Grove, Pa., U.S.A., while growing in a plant nursery setting tended by man among asexually propagated plants of the `Mei[s]wetdom` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,612).

Ploidy:

Triploid

Parentage:

sport of MEIswetdom

Notes:

See History and Introduction for the story of the single and double (MEIzorland) 'White Drift'.