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'Buttercream Drift ®' rose Description
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Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2019).
Introduced in United States by Star Roses & Plants (Pennsylvania) in 2022 as 'Buttercream Drift'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light yellow to cream.  None to mild fragrance.  up to 45 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small to medium, very full (41+ petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact.  Semi-glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 1' to 18" (30 to 45cm).  Width: 18" to 2' (45 to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4a and warmer.  Can be used for ground cover.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 35,825  on  28 May 2024   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 18/086,949  on  22 Dec 2022
Inventor: Alain Antoine Meilland, Antibes (FR)
The first offer for sale of the new variety was Mar. 4, 2022 in the United States of America. .... The female parent ...was an unnamed seedling (not patented) from the cross between the 'MACIVY' variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,362) and the 'MEIGEKANU' variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,384). The male parent ... was an unnamed seedling (not patented) from the cross between 'THE FAIRY' variety (not patented) and an unnamed seedling (not patented). ...The rose plants of the new variety were approximately three years o^f age abd were observed during July while budded on Rosa laxa and growing outdoors at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France.
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