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'Meiglise' rose Description
'Meiglise' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Miniature.
Exhibition name: White Drift (ground cover, Meilland, 1992)
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 1992).
Introduced in United States by Star Roses & Plants (Pennsylvania) in 2007 as 'White Drift'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
White.  Moderate fragrance.  up to 6 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, mounded, spreading.  Small, glossy, medium green, dense foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 1' to 18" (30 to 45cm).  Width: 39" to 4'11" (100 to 150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, garden, ground cover or landscape.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Breeder's notes:
This rose is not only beautiful but tough and totally resistant to blackspot and mildew.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 15,960  on  13 Sep 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/740,898  on  22 Dec 2003
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the cross of Rosa wichuriana (non-patented in the United States) and `The Fairy` variety (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the `Korbin` variety (non-patented in the United States). .... The rose plants of the new variety were approximately three years of age and were photographed during October 2003
Notes:
See History and Introduction for the story of the single and double (MEIzorland) 'White Drift'.