Why are my white Drift Roses turning pink?

Weather can affect roses to change color by making them lighter or darker. Also, most roses are drafted which can mean that part of the rose is one type and the other part is a different variety.

Where can I buy Drift Roses?

Drift roses are perfect for any yard especially if you want to bring a pop of color. To ensure you get the best quality drift roses, visit Perfect Plants to see their endless array of drift roses.

Do drift roses need deadheading?

Although it's not necessary to deadhead your drift roses, you can whenever you feel like tidying up your rose bush.

Pink Drift® Rose Bush

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Product Description

The seduction of the lavish pink blooms on the Pink Drift Rose will have anyone who comes across your landscape in awe.

The elegant Pink Drift Rose features an authentic ground cover habit and offers a fresh look to any landscape or garden. Deep pink flowers with a soft faded center bloom in abundance throughout the season.

The double flowers offer a beautiful season-long show of color of this shrub rose bush. Contrasting the pink blossoms is glossy green foliage that grows all year round.

The low, spreading habit of Drift Roses makes them ideal for small gardens, hillsides and perennial beds. They will brighten up an array of border types, fill any empty spaces and spread nicely around your already established plants even when mass planting.

Pink Drift Rose Care

The Pink Drift Rose is best suited for full sun areas and will adapt to a variety of soil types. Flowers shoot up in early spring and the rose bush stays stocky at roughly 1-2 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. Amend your native soil with our Rose Soil Mix for best results when planting a new rose bush.

Not sure where to start with planting? Check out our blog on How to Plant a Rose Bush more some good information!

Shows excellent winter hardiness. The pink rose grows across most of the United States in USDA growing zones 5-10. Check out our blog on Winter Care for Roses.

The drift rose is low growing with distinctive mounded flowers. Flowers will re-bloom for several months if spent blooms are picked off. Prune drift roses in spring or fall.

Rosa ‘Meijocos’ is easy to grow and easy to care for. Plant drift roses in early spring A regular watering schedule and annual fertilization will greatly benefit the pink flowers from diseases like black spot. A slow release fertilizer at the top of the root ball is best at the beginning of the growing season.

This Drift series family of roses from Star Roses and Plants are fairly disease resistant plants and exhibit a spreading habit. A great choice for groundcover roses and miniature plants.

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Check out our Rose Grow Guide for more information on growing and cultivating rose plants!

Botanical Name

Rosa 'Meijocos'

Sunlight Full Sun

Flower Color Pink

Foliage Color Dark green

Mature Height 1-2 ft

Mature Width 2-3 ft

Growing Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Special Features

Disease resistant
Drought tolerant
Showy flowers
Reblooming

Shipping Info

Once your Pink Drift® Rose Bush order is placed, we will ship your plant(s) within seven business days year round unless during the checkout process you request otherwise in the space provided to do so.

Perfect Plants’ shipping specialists carefully package your plants using a proven packaging method that ensures your plants arrive healthy, colorfully alive and ready to flourish. We’ve coined the term ‘upside down box test’ and we do just that; we carefully package so that regardless of the direction your box is handled, it will not harm your precious plant that’s inside.

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No shipping process is without a problem from time to time. On rare occasions some plants may experience some of the following during their transit: drooping, minor leaf-loss and/or minimal yellowing/discoloration, minor limb damage, etc. These instances are quite rare, but can happen when shipping plants in boxes.

Plants normally recover within a few weeks after planting. If a damaged box has injured your plant on the inside, please notify us within 5 days of receiving you package(s) by emailing us a photograph of the damage.

We always do our very best to ensure that your plants are packed and shipped in the safest, gentlest and most effective way possible.

Will my plants and trees look like the photographs?

Absolutely! Unlike other online nurseries, our photos are of actual plants and trees we’ve grown here, on our family operated nursery.

our story Lloyd nursery Growing our own plants and trees helps to ensure we ship you the best quality plants that are free of pests and diseases.

Your plants and trees may however not ship with flowers on them, like the photographs. This all depends on the time of year you buy your plant or tree. Crape Myrtle trees, for example, only bloom during the summer months, so if you purchase one during the spring or fall, they would ship without flowers. Once planted, your plants will grow and thrive giving you flowers for many years to come!

Pot Sizes

Pot sizes (commonly referred to in gallons) are shipped in the same size nursery trade pots which may vary in actual volume. Some plants may have been at the approximate pot size listed, but require excess dirt to be removed so that you will not be paying any additional shipping costs. This doesn’t happen very often though.

Shipping Fees

Our shipping charges are based on the value of your order. Please use the chart below to see what your shipping charge will be.

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Care

The Pink Drift® Rose Bush does best in full sun or partial shade, too much shade can reduce flower development. Soil should be rich in organic matter. Amending soil by mixing your own soil with a supplemented, enriched soil can help in offering them an ideal growth environment.

Roses tolerate only mild drought, and should be watered regularly especially until established. Roses as a general rule prefer to be watered at their base, such as by a drip system. Frequently wet leaves can lead to a variety of fungal or pest problems.

Pruning is very important to promote densely growing, well producing Roses. Early spring is the optimum pruning time in most areas. Faded flowers can be snipped at any time to encourage repeat bloom (rather than seed) production.

Click here for our more extensive Rose Grow Guide

Planting Instructions

Dig a hole approximately twice as wide as your new plant’s root ball and deep enough so that the top of the root ball is equal with the ground level.

Loosen the root ball using a small garden spade or by hand. Breaking smaller outer roots can encourage growth into the new soil, but take care to not damage large primary roots.

Place the plant in the hole and ensure that it is situated evenly upright. Use the excavated soil to fill in around the root ball, using your foot to pack it in firmly. Thoroughly soak with a hose as you fill in the dirt. Take great care to not leave any gaps or air spaces around the root ball as this could kill the plant.

A 2-4 inch layer of mulch is strongly recommended to help retain moisture and discourage weed growth. Apply mulch over the entire planting area but keep away from the stems or trunk by a few inches. Ensure that the plant and surrounding soil is completely soaked with water.

To ensure the proper nutrients are available for the life of your Pink Drift® Rose Bush, our proprietary Perfect Plants Special Blend Soil and a once yearly application of Nutricote Total 360 Fertilizer are great considerations for your new plants!

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Rated 5 out of 5

Tom. W – October 16, 2016

I have planted several of the drift roses and this one, in my opinion, blooms the best! New to online ordering, but the plants arrived in great condition. Thanks Elisa for the help in completing my order.

Tom Wallace

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Mary Bales – May 23, 2019

My pink drifts are growing great in my rose garden. Very pleased. I love to mix the colors on the drift roses and knock out roses. Very happy with my new plants :D

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- Perfect Plants (store manager) – May 30, 2019
  
  Mary, thank you for this kind review. Drift roses are one of our favorites here on the nursery too

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