I forgot to ask: what kind of Drifts do you have?

If you just planted them last week it's WAY too soon to judge them. They are doubtless suffering from transplant shock, and have had no time to get their roots established.

I bought coral and peach. Thanks, all! I will continue to spray and remove what I can of infected leaves. 👍👍

Drift roses have never been on my 'no spray' list.

It wouldn't hurt to offer photos of the diseased foliage to positively diagnose the issue. Many times another disease is presumed to be Blackspot when its not.

It does look like BS to me but if they're young,  they need some time,  Is other posters said. In the meantime  I would spray them. They're not 'no spray', indeed.  I had to eventually accept that in the South nothing really is.

 This Spring I got serious about preventive Spraying and it really paid off; so far so good.  I don't expect miracles but at least I hope not to have them all naked by late summer.

The drifts do have excellent disease resistance here but that doesn’t mean they don’t get any blackspot. They recover quickly and never stop blooming. Like many have mentioned they do need some time to recover and gain some strength. It isn’t unusual for new plants to suffer some extra disease due to transplant shock.

Expect improvements as the bushes settle in. A little funfungicifungicide once in a while should be all that's needed. The Drifts perform pretty nicelynicely for meme, but not entirely needing no spraying.

At least much of what is pictured are rounded black spots with necrotic centers.

Diplocarpon rosae is not what comes to mind first.

I know this is an older thread, but mine all have black spot also. This is the second season. In fact, one of my coral drifts is already so infected, I’m not sure it will survive. I have sprayed. Done all the watering appropriately, etc. I even used Daconil spray this year and managed to burn several of the leaves unintentionally. And they are still COVERED in black spot, especially after all the rain we just got. So disappointing. Any ideas would be great…..

Interesting, and alarming.

When I reviewed these comments now, beginning with the oldest, my instant impression of the photos put up by Cyndi (in response to User’s excellent suggestion) was the same as that which I described last year - right here. I didn’t remember this discussion until I saw my own comment from last year.

I don’t remember User from before this year. Name change? If so, what was her/his prior name here?

rifis - User is any previous Houzz commentor who has completely removed their account. Their comments remain but are now identified as User rather than with their username.

I have about a dozen Drifts from Apricot Drift, Popcorn Drift, to Sweet Drift, and am trying to find a spot for two White Drifts. They have a lot of good points, but they are still miniature roses. This means black spot, powdery mildew, and spider mites can hit them, and hit them hard. Newly planted, insufficient watering/ fertilizing, bad weather (dry, hot days and cool nights with little rainfall/watering gets you powdery mildew, and hot, humid days with wet foliage overnight gets you black spot), hits Drifts like any mini out there. The severity of the Drift cases is usually managed pretty well by a healthy, well cared for bush, but they are not bullet proof.

Go with the present need, treat it, get the bushes back into shape, and go forth enjoying your Drifts. For the most part, they are just about the best edging rose bushes I have found when you want to cover the naked knees of the bigger bushes behind them in a bed.

Mister Moses

Thank you Heather.

I suspect it was Paul; this User was clearly no novice.

I have Flower Carpet White, Appleblossom and Pink— they don’t get Black Spot, but they can get some black spots. No-spray. Same goes for Sea Foam. All glossy-leaved. Paul would know this.