'Drift' little Roses Are Real Showstoppers in Small Gardens
Over the past few years the most recent sensation in growing roses is the Knock Out family of Roses. More recently the same breeders introduced the Drift family of little roses -the most recent rose and ideal for small gardens. These gorgeous roses are tough, disease resistant, winter hardy, and basically maintenance-free. They bloom continuously from spring until frost and are described as a cross in the middle of full-sized ground cover and little roses.
'Drift' little Roses Are Real Showstoppers in Small Gardens
Growing little roses has many applications in a landscaping plan. Nearly any low-growing, spreading rose can be used as a ground cover, but the Drift rose has any advantages over other roses. It works best when used in mass plantings as in front of grandiflora or hybrid tea roses to cover their legginess. They blend well with perennials, grasses and shrub roses. For the maximum splash of color fantasize a hedge of Chinese evergreen loropetalum with their fluffy clusters of white flowers as a backdrop and a grouping of vibrant red Knock Out roses in front. To faultless the photograph add a row of red, white or pink Drift roses as ground cover in front. The cascade of color will be a real showstopper in your garden.
These Drift roses tend to be compact so they are good planted in strips along a walkway. They do well on sunny slopes to support soil and to prevent loss due to inordinate rain or erosion problems. They are tough and salt-tolerant so they are especially good for coastal gardens, beachfront landscaping or naturalistic settings. They are a welcome expanding to any garden as a ground cover that also produces charming mounds of color.
The first Drift roses introduced included the Red, Coral, Peach and Pink. They grow to 1-1/2 to 2 ft. When mature. When planted along a rock wall or edge they naturally drape over the edge creating a casual effect. This year three new roses joined the Drift family. The Apricot Drift has duplicate apricot flowers gift a long season of showy color. Sweet Drift has pink duplicate flowers that grow in mound-like clusters, perfect along a walk. Icy Drift is white and has small duplicate blooms that flower in large clusters. When white flowers like Icy Drift are introduced in any flower bed with other roses or perennials, they seem to intensify the radiance of the other colors.
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