Rosa 'Meisentmil'
Rosa 'Meisentmil' Lemon Drift® in May 2018 before treatment effects. Photo: SK Reid.
Summary
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.
Lemon Drift is a prolifically blooming groundcover rose that performed at a very good level on all irrigation treatments with no significant differences in overall appearance between treatments (Table 16a). Only with the second flush of blooms in September did the High treatment display a significantly greater percentage of bloom than the Low treatment. This low-grower kept a dense habit with a modest spread that had no differences in growth between treatments. The only downside to this cultivar is that it does not self-clean, and after a large flush of blooms, the remaining calyces can create a somewhat messy appearance that some open house raters found unappealing. In the fall when the hips were more fully formed, with coloration changing from green to red/orange, the opinion of the hips once again varied from “a good thing” to “unattractive”. Most found the habit to be tidy and attractive and appreciated the delicate yellow color of the blooms. We recommend irrigating this plant according to the WUCOLS Low category.
Basic Info
| Submitted by: | Star Roses & Plants |
| Site(s): | UC Davis |
| Trial Exposure: | Sun |
| Year evaluated: | 2018 |
Height & Width after 2 years: | 1.6' x 3.5' |
Reported Height & Width at maturity: | 1.5' x 2.5' |
| WUCOLS plant type: | S Gc |
| Water Needs & WUCOLS Region: | Low - Region 2 |
Mean Overall Appearance rating: (1-5 Scale, 5 is highest) | 3.6 |
Flowering Months: | April-October |
Growth and Quality Data
