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Rosa ‘Peace’

OTHER NAMES

‘Madame A. Meilland’, ‘Gloria Dei’

ORIGIN

France

BREEDER

Francis Meilland

LINEAGE

[(‘George Dickson’ x ‘Souvenir de Claudius Pernet’) x (‘Joanna Hill’ x ‘Charles P. Kilham’)] x ‘Margaret McGredy’

YEAR

1935

INTRODUCED BY

France – Meilland et Cie; 1945; as ‘Madame A. Meilland’

United States – Conard-Pyle (Star Roses); 1945; as ‘Peace’

PLANT PATENT #

PP00591

TYPE

Hybrid Tea

HABIT OF GROWTH

Bush – upright, well-branched

SIZE

4 to 6 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide

FOLIAGE 

Compound with 5 ovoid leaflets; dark green; leathery; glossy; acute tip; round base; serrate margins; thorns

FLOWER

Yellow blend with varying pink flushes and edges; 5 to 5 ½ inches average diameter; moderate tea fragrance; 40 to 50 petals; very double; globular form initially, aging to cupped and high-centered; usually borne singly; blooms in flushes throughout the growing season

HARDINESS 

USDA Zones 5b to 10

LIGHT 

Full sun

OTHER

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