Kisa, Neither one looks quite like my Apricot Drift, of which I have 8 bushes. Your second photo comes closest, and photo #1's color and single petaled blooms are not typical for the Apricot Drift. The flower color of Apricot Drift is very much like Austin's, 'Ambridge Rose,' but more pink with pale yellow suffused with the pink tones as well. The very full petaled flowers (50+ petals), of Apricot Drift are large, bigger than the typical 1.5" sized Drift Series bloom. They are mostly 2.25", 3/4 inch larger. A.D. also grows less sprawling, more compactly, almost dome shaped, at about 16" X 24" for me, but I give them a good shaping each spring which keeps them limited to the stated size by season's end. CJrosaphile, I would recommend Apicot Drift, my favorite Drift, for the even, very tailored growth habit that it exhibits for me. Also, its larger blooms, for a Drift, are heavily petaled for a Drift, too. It's flower production for me is not profuse for a typical Drift, but still plenty adequate. My second favorite Drift rose is Popcorn Drift for its cupped blooms. Third is Sweet Drift, the bush gets 3' wide for me, a bit sprawling, but its blooms are heavily petaled, which I like in a small bloom (concealing aging, browning stamens very effectively), although the bloom's petals quill annoyingly as they age. Moses

Alrighty ajpa, heres a few pics from this year. I don't really have a good close up of it I guess because its hard for me to get good shots of the whole bush and they not look all washed out. Anyways, heres a close up and a couple bush shots. On the arbor picture its on the left of the arbor. I have also included one of the coral drift. I would grab a couple of them since they are only 5 bucks. You will love it. Judy OK ROSENUT!!! My feelings are hurt you don't remember one of your students from this past year. Should I say "waaaaa". You have helped me so much through my "first year of roses". Litterally!! lol. Judy

Powdery mildew is not as lethal as black spot. It usually starts appearing from the top down on the newer growth, where as black spot starts from the bottom up on the older growth of the bush. Cold nights and warm days coupled with dry, rainless weather encourages the growth of powdery mildew. Wet weather is hard on PM, and can be counted upon to help control it. I know a rosarian who sprayed his PM afflicted roses twice a day, AM and PM, with water alone, no fungicide, and effectively halted the PM in its tracks. Spring and fall in our climate, NJ and PA, have very similar growing conditions, hot days coupled wth cool nights, are the powdery mildew seasons. PM, as stated earlier, is not as harsh a disease as is black spot. You can go for years with no outbreaks and almost overnight it can hit, not to return for several more years. Powdery mildew is sneaky, it appears subtly, some slighty misshapen newer growth that is mild, then bingo almost before your eyes it turns into a full blown case. It severely disfigures the foliage and buds, suppressing their development. An outbreak this fall does not mean your roses are from this day forward PM prone. PM is in the environment and really needs very specific conditions to manifest itself, conditions that are not present every spring or fall every year. I believe some rose varieties are more susceptible to PM. Those with dull, matte leaves being prime targets, with shiny leaved roses being more PM resistant. There are probably other susceptibility factors, too, but the foliage finish is the major one of which I know. Hybrid rugosas, as tough as they are, are PM susceptible, probably due to their dull finish foliage and rugose, pebble grained, texture. The nooks and crannies being perfect breeding grounds for the PM fungi. What to do? You have several choices: 1. Spray with a fungicide, organic or otherwise. 2. Spray twice a day, AM or PM, with plain water, wetting the foliage down. However this method may promote black spot! 3. Do nothing. It is now very late in the season, roses are slowing down and very soon to be dormant. The PM on the roses will not be a factor in the spring of 2017. Remember, PM is ever present in the environment, waiting for the perfect conditions to infest our roses. Fortunately the specific conditions it needs to be an outbreak are not easily met in our climate, thank God. One last thing, PM in the spring needs to be dealt with by some means. In the fall, the upcomming winter stops it dead in it tracks. Therefore, a hands off, do nothing approach, may be your wisest action at this time.

Ingrid - unfettered growth has its drawbacks. The purple rose behind the Peach Drift rose tree is Lauren, which was "supposed" to stay small, and be one of the little roses around the bottom of the tree rose. Ha! I took that pic yesterday after cutting Lauren WAY back, as it is using the tree rose as a trellis, and was planning on taking it over entirely. I don't mind, as I am used to roses getting ideas about world conquest in my garden, but it is funny. Jackie