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'Pink Drift ®' rose Description
'Pink Drift ® (shrub, Mouchotte/Meilland, 2008)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
Availability:
Commercially available
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).
Notes:
Breeder Mouchotte listed in Rose Hill Rose Trials.