Rosa Drift 'Popcorn' is a compact spreading rose that produces clusters of soft yellow blooms that fade to creamy white. With continuous flowering from spring to frost, it brightens sunny landscapes with minimal maintenance.
Height & Spread: 1 - 1.5 ft x 2.5 - 3 ft
Bloom Time: Spring through frost
Light Requirements: Full sun
Soil Preference: Well drained, fertile soils
Watering Needs: Moderate; keep evenly moist for best flowering
Deer Resistance: Somewhat resistant; blooms may be browsed
Native Status
This is a cultivated hybrid rose not native to North America, bred for ornamental performance and landscape use.
WILDLIFE & INSECTS
Bees
- Attracts honeybees and small native bees to its numerous open blooms throughout the growing season.
Spacing & Landscape Use
Spacing Recommendations
- Space 2.5 - 3 ft apart for dense, flowering ground cover or mass planting.
Landscape Placement
- Ideal for borders, low hedges, patio beds, and containers where continuous color is desired.
Companion Plants
- Lavandula angustifolia (English Lavender) - Complements rose blooms with fragrance and foliage contrast.
- Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' - Adds soft yellow flowers and feathery texture to the planting edge.
- Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' - Offers vertical spikes and long blooming purple hues.
- Nepeta 'Walker's Low' - Provides a cool toned backdrop and attracts pollinators to the rose bed.
- Heuchera 'Citronelle' - Adds color contrast with chartreuse foliage in partial sun conditions.