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'White Drift ®' rose Description
'MEIzorland' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
1 favorite vote.  
Origin:
Discovered by Conception Fonseca (United States, 2011).
Introduced in United States by Star Roses & Plants (Pennsylvania) as 'White Drift'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
White, cream center.  None / no fragrance.  69 to 80 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), in large clusters, cupped bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Wide oval buds.  
Habit:
Spreading.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 1' to 18" (30 to 45cm).  Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5a through 10a.  Can be used for ground cover.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 5592  on  15 Dec 2017
Application No: 15-8765  on  27 Nov 2015
Breeder: Conception Fonseca, The Conard-Pyle Company, West Grove, United States of America
'Meizorland' was discovered as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation of Rose variety 'Meiswetdom' in West Grove, Pennysylvania, USA on August 16, 2011. It was bred and developed by the breeder, Conception Fonseca, and employee of the Conard-Pyle Company. '
 
United States - Patent No: PP 28,054  on  30 May 2017   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/756,361  on  3 Sep 2015
Inventors: Fonseca; Conception (West Grove, PA)
The new variety of Rosa hybrida shrub rose plant of the present invention was discovered as a branch mutation during 2011 at West Grove, Pa., U.S.A., while growing in a plant nursery setting tended by man among asexually propagated plants of the `Mei[s]wetdom` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,612).
Ploidy:
Triploid
Notes:
See History and Introduction for the story of the single and double (MEIzorland) 'White Drift'.