Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Pink blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Excellent
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Medium pink, aging to light pink
Growth Habit: Very short, 12-18 inches, bushy
Fragrance: None
Hybridizer & year: Alain Meilland, before 2011
Awards: Biltmore Trials Award: Frederick Law Olmsted Award for Best Groundcover, 2014

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 12-18 inches
Plant Spread: 24-30 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Sweet Drift'
  • 'Meisweetdom'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-09-05
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-04-23
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Date: 2023-08-20
Newly emerged small bloom in 1 season old 'Sweet Drift' rose
Location: New York Botanical Garden (Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden), New York, New York
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: New York Botanical Garden (Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden), New York, New York
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-08-12
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Date: 2023-08-20
Emerging bloom from bud in 1 season old 'Sweet Drift' rose
Location: Mentor on the Lake
Date: 2018-08-13
Location: Arbor Gate Nursery, Tomball, TX
Date: 2013-10-05
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Date: 2023-07-30
Close up of 2 bloom cluster.  Left bloom is light pink with darke
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Date: 2023-07-30
Entire plant in bloom with English/metric tape measure for scale
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Date: 2023-07-30
Close up of thorns with metric tape measure for scale
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Date: 2023-07-30
Close up of multi-flower cluster with 2 buds and English/metric t
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Date: 2023-07-30
Close up of mature thorns with English/metric tape measure for sc
Location: Arbor Gate Nursery, Tomball, TX
Date: 2013-10-05
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2020-06-17
Photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Naylor, GA
Date: April 4, 2012
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2019-06-15
I was the lucky winner of 4 Sweet Drift roses from one of the Not
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