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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