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beatgroover
most recent 16 DEC 21 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 11 OCT 14 by beatgroover
Peach Drift is my personal favorite drift, and I've had all of them except for the hard-to-find Apricot Drift (which, if as productive as PD, could dethrone it). The color of the blooms is sublime, the perfect blend of coral, yellow, and orange resulting in a very soft "peachy" apricot color. The blooms are very long lasting and as they fade they fade to a fairly attractive bright coral color and drop the petals before they get ugly. Even in the heat of the summer Peach Drift is still pumping out cluster after cluster. Disease resistance is very good - since each drift is bred from different parents (usually The Fairy is in the parentage somewhere) it does vary among the Drifts more than people think. They are all prone to powdery mildew though so keep a close eye on it in cool wet weather. Being in a pot in an open space definitely helps keep powdery off of it. Speaking of pots, the ONLY way (my opinion, of course) to truly appreciate the graceful habit is in a pot. Once these settle in and reach full size they spill out of the pot and the overall visual impact is fabulous. They can be tricky to deadhead as they are smaller plants and cutting whole clusters can remove significant amounts of foliage but they respond well and just keep on blooming. The only knock against the bloom I can come up with is that the petal count is on the low side - which may in fact help it stay so productive since each bloom takes less time and resources to make. Apricot Drift is supposed to be nice and full but it makes me wonder if health or productivity has suffered as a result. I'll have to buy one and post a head-to-head review of the two next season!

I can't overstate how pretty this one is. If you like drifts, minis, and shrubs this could easily become your favorite like it has mine.
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Reply #1 of 5 posted 2 NOV 16 by Rob Byrnes
Does Peach Drift set OP hips?
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Reply #2 of 5 posted 27 NOV 20 by Philip_ATX
Hi, Robert. I am sure you have already received an answer in the last four years, but yes, Peach Drift sets a modest to fair number of OP hips for me in my garden. I haven't yet germinated any. It's a very nice plant, IMHO. The only one of the drift roses with fragrance, that I am aware of.
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Reply #3 of 5 posted 1 MAY 21 by ParisRoseLady
Hi, Is Peach Drift heat tolerant? I have a strip of garden border between a walkway and a garage wall which is in full sun in the high desert of New Mexico (5500 ft altitude) and was wondering if you think this rose could do (reasonably) well in that location?
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Reply #5 of 5 posted 16 DEC 21 by Philip_ATX
Sorry to be slow to reply. I am in Central Texas. We would have higher humidity than you, but the rose does *not* seem to suffer much from our heat, which hits triple digits in summers typically.
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Reply #4 of 5 posted 18 OCT 21 by Plazbo
Do agree with the powdery mildew. It's been a bad year for it (although now that it's heating up it's likely to disappear). Despite being a bad year for it here, Peach Drift is not particularly bad...you wouldn't notice it from a distance (unlike say Old Blush that just looks ill) but pretty obvious when close to the plant.
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most recent 26 SEP 15 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 18 APR 15 by jasminerose
Most of my Gigi roses defoliated from a spider mite infestation. I don't know if all miniature roses are prone to this or if this rose is especially susceptible. I like the bloom enough that I am washing down the leaves daily on the one plant that kept its leaves. It seems to be doing okay.
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Reply #1 of 5 posted 19 APR 15 by beatgroover
Most roses will defoliate pretty quickly from heavy mite population, the miniatures are just easier targets because there are smaller distances and less plant matter for the tiny mites to traverse and conquer - and the short branching and resulting closeness of the foliage makes it easy for them to build their webs and really go nuts. I bought one of the small Gigi floral novelties (along with 3 other varieties) from a grocery store back in November and separated the cuttings and have them growing at the nursery. It's growing very well and I'll have blooms coming soon. I'll post some pictures here once they open! The Poulsen "grocery store minis" take a few weeks to establish when you split and size them up but once the roots hit the bottom the top explodes in growth. Very attractive plants so far, they will get spot fungi but I keep the nursery on a strict weekly spray schedule.
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Reply #2 of 5 posted 24 APR 15 by jasminerose
Thank you for the reply. I recently separated the Gigi plants too. It was easier than I thought it would be. I'm hoping they will leaf out again. I'll look forward to seeing your photographs.
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Reply #3 of 5 posted 6 JUN 15 by beatgroover
Hi again! Just thought I'd update you on my roses. All of them are doing great and I stepped them up to 4 gal cans to really push them. The slowed a little after that then we had a hot dry week which brought mites out. A quick treatment of Sultan (cyflumetofen) and they were back on their feet shooting out growth like crazy.

I love how different in habit the different Poulsen minis are. In my group shot, Dora on the left is very low growing and mounding. Dark foliage offsets the nice bright orange blend blooms beautifully! Renata next to that seems to be more upright growing, which makes sense given its miniflora classification. Karina, the non-striped red seems to grow similarly to Renata but these cuttings have been blown over so hard by my watering assistant that I think they began growing upwards to compensate. New basal breaks should grow out to reveal a very nice bushy and rounded shape. And last we come to Gigi. Growing upright at the very end of the block they're finally starting to bulk up like the others! These had the latest start as real potted plants and were a pretty crappy specimen when I bought them in the store so I'm glad they've made it this far.

I'm excited to see what they do through the summer, because down here in NC the gauntlet that is our summer climate will sparate the truly tough roses from the weak. If they stay blooming and well foliated through our 95 degree weeks and 70 degree dew points then they have truly earned my utmost respect. I'll keep this post updated as the season progresses. I will probably overwinter them in the heated greenhouse before putting them through their first winter in 2016/2017.
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Reply #4 of 5 posted 6 JUN 15 by jasminerose
Beautiful. It's nice that you've been able to identify them. I'm so glad you added the photos.
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Reply #5 of 5 posted 26 SEP 15 by Michael Garhart
Miniatures have been historically prone to this, followed by polyanthas. Its the proximity to the ground. Roses that can withstand overhead watering a lot and dont succumb to fungals from this practice, tend to fair better, since spider mites hate water. Flower Carpet, for example.
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RoseHonor
most recent 24 APR 15 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 24 APR 15 by beatgroover
Pretty overrated. I grow for a rose nursery and when we send out the contract order grow these are never great looking. This year, after a very bad winter we ended up holding all of them from one order and 7/10 from another one because they were so awful: defoliated from downy mildew despite my intense spray program and very little growth compared to everything else. Like goncmg said, it has a great form when it is just opening but once it starts to open it loosens up quite quickly, betrayed by a very low petal count. I'm sure that helps keep it from weatherspotting but it's not all that for a vase. Pretty lame for an aars hybrid tea. If you want a good white go with a more modern one, the industry has made some headway in better whites since 1976. Apologies to Bill Warriner as I'm usually a pretty big fan of his work.
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most recent 3 FEB 15 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 1 FEB 15 by beatgroover
Rainbow's End is one of my favorite miniatures, having the color, form, and bloom power needed to make this a serious pleasure to grow. You can't go wrong using Rise 'n' Shine as a parent plant, and Ralph seems to have loved using that legendary yellow as a parent (perhaps his replacement for Zee once it was lost to horticulture history?) - had he been given the rights to Rainbow's End it may have been one of his crowning achievements in breeding.

A few thoughts on the plant. It has fairly proportionally shrunken foliage, a hallmark of Moore's breeding. Too many modern minis have awkward, giant leaves topped with mini-sized blooms on a somewhat stunted habit that make for a plant that looks jury rigged and outright goofy. This seems to plague some of the Sunblaze miniatures. While Rainbow's End doesn't have the teeny-tiny leaves of some of the classic minis, they are certainly small enough to keep the overall aesthetic of the miniature rose bush. The bush itself can get quite large if you don't manage it's size with good deadheading. This can be a good thing if you want it to be (as a feature specimen or covering a foundation of a house), as it blooms almost nonstop from spring to November. I was getting blooms on one of mine several weeks after the other roses had stopped blooming, and that was with about only 3-4 hours of sun a day. If you get as little sun as that plant does for me, the roses stay mostly yellow with the pink edging which is fine by me.

The real magic, however, comes from having blooms in every stage in the color cycle on the plant at once. Yellow, pink, red, and white make a Rainbow's End in full bloom one of the most spectacular sights a rose grower can behold. Every one of them holds in a nice high center for quite some time as well, you might not win an exhibition with this (like you would with Winsome) but the staying power makes it a close race. There is not much fragrance on this but if you get a whole cluster opening at once you can usually get a small whiff or two, not unlike the "wild rose" scent that Poulsen describes many of their minis as having.

Some people talk about this rose having disease problems but it totally depends on local conditions. I have all of mine on a covered porch where it doesn't get rained on and I never saw a hint of disease on them. I sprayed perhaps 2-3 times last year after high disease pressure (blackspot on one plant and powdery on another) but that was preemptive. The health was a pleasant surprise after reading a few people's reviews saying they couldn't keep it clean. Even if you have it in a spot where it requires regular spraying, however, the immense reward the plant gives the attentive gardener is WELL worth it. I can't overstate how impressive Rainbow's End in full bloom is. Easily one of my top 10 roses regardless of category.
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 3 FEB 15 by HMF Admin
Wow ! Would that could count on more members of the HMF community to comment in such detail. Thank you!
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