Rosa 'Meiggili'

Summary

South Coast Research & Extension Center (South Coast REC/SCREC) is located in Irvine California, this site has a sandy loam soil and plants are irrigated with reclaimed water. UC Davis is located in Davis, California, this site has a silty clay loam soil and plants are irrigated with potable water. More information about the field sites is located in the Nuts & Bolts section.

One of the latest in the Drift^® rose series, Peach Drift^® formed tidy, low mounds of small leaves covered with peachy-pink blooms blended to yellow in the center. These open-faced blossoms with accessible pollen fade to pale pink as they age. Flowering was greatest in May and June, but some blooms were on the plants throughout the season. Like others in this series, they do not form hips, but eventually shed their faded blooms and calyces to self-clean. For a period in June, however, the brown petals clinging to the dead calyces detracted from the overall appearance. The foliage of this cultivar was prone to powdery mildew in both sites, and though it mostly outgrew it in Davis, it persisted in Irvine. Foliage at the Davis site also began developing edge necrosis in early July and this increased through the rest of the season, though they still averaged good landscape appearance overall. Because the climate at South Coast REC was conducive to foliar disease, we would not recommend this cultivar for coastal regions like Irvine. Growth and aesthetics were not altered by irrigation treatment in Davis, and we recommend irrigation at the low level in WUCOLS Region 2.

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