Distant Drums is one of the first roses to show her buds in spring with deep purple new growth that grows into dark green foliage. DD flowers have a pink bud that opens to the softest mauve tones and fades toward the center to a creamy brown. Her color is the perfect palette, but what I adore the most about her is the myrrh fragrance. Distant Drums is a shrub rose with continual flushes throughout summer with regular deadheading. Strong stems with upward facing flowers make this rose an excellent & very popular cut flower.zones 5b-9.
Bred by Dr. Griffith J. Buck