Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: double: 16-25 petals
Rose bloom color: Apricot and apricot blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Excellent
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Ranging from peach-apricot to freckled red
Growth Habit: Very short, 12-18 inches, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Alain Meilland, 2006
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 4 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 12-18 inches
Plant Spread: 1-2 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Apricot blend
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP18542
Parentage: (Red Minimo x Paul Crampel) x (Immensee x Lady Gay)
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Peach Drift'
  • 'MEIggili'
  • 'Peach Compact Meidiland'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2014-08-12
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Huntsville, Al
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: Huntsville, Al
Date: 2023-04-24
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-19
Location: My Mom’s garden
Date: 2023-06-05
Location: Port Orange, Florida
Date: 2018-04-20
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2019-06-04
Location:  My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-31
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2018-04-09
Location: a local nursery in St Louis
Date: 2023-05-30
Multihued peachy blooms. Very floriferous. Compact plant. Great s
Location: kentucky
Date: spring 2016
Location: Twisp
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: May 10, 2014
sunshiny colors
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-10
Planted two months ago; love it!
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-04-01
Location: Twisp
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2018-04-09
Location: Twisp
Date: July
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: July 2014
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2019-06-04
Location: MoonDance Farm-North Carolina
Date: June
Peach Drift, a chameleon, from red bud to yellowish-pink to freck
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Chamblee's Nursery in Tyler, TX
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-05-04
Location: Saint Helena Island, SC
Date: 2017-07-06
Prize from June 2017 NARR
Photo by zuzu
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Date: Late April 2021 
Love all the shades of pink and yellow and peach in this rose. It
Location: Chamblee's Nursery in Tyler, TX
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Chamblee's Nursery in Tyler, TX
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Chamblee's Nursery in Tyler, TX
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Chamblee's Nursery in Tyler, TX
Date: 2012-04-25
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-09-08

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