Popcorn Drift Rose is a spreading long-blooming deciduous shrub with dense blooms of small butter-yellow flowers that fade to creamy white from mid-spring through summer.  The glossy deep black-green foliage has no fall color and can be used as a groundcover.  Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils.  Excellent disease resistance.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall.  Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coneflower, Lilac, Hydrangea

IMAGES: Olga Berrios from Madrid, España, Rosaleda de madrid (20), CC BY 2.0

Olga Berrios from Madrid, España, Rosaleda de madrid (45), CC BY 2.0