Rosa 'Meimirrote'

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.

Apricot is another new rose in the Drift^® series. Apricot Drift^® forms low, uniformly mounded shrubs with small leaves. These mounds produced masses of small, fragrant, pale pink rosettes reminiscent of ‘Cécile Brünner’ beginning in April and peaking in May in Davis, with some blooms through October. With the cool beginning to summer in 2020 in Irvine, peak bloom was later in July and August. In both sites, Apricot Drift^® was less affected by either pests or disease than the Peach Drift^® evaluated the same year, yielding higher overall appearance scores. Especially in the heat of Davis, these maintained an overall appearance in the very good range until September when they began to look a bit tired but still acceptable. In Davis, Apricot Drift^® very narrowly fell short of the threshold for the Blue Ribbon™ award for outstanding performance on low water. Our data supports a recommendation of low water use for WUCOLS Regions 2 and 3.

Apricot Drift® still pumping out blooms in late August at UC Davis despite the heavy ash from wildfires. Photo: K Reid

Growth and Quality Data

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