Rosa ‘Pink Peace’ ‘MEIbil’
OTHER NAMES
ORIGIN
France
BREEDER
Francis Meilland
LINEAGE
(Peace x Monique) x (Peace x Mrs. John Laing)
YEAR
1958
INTRODUCED BY
Conard-Pyle Company – United States
PLANT PATENT #
USPP01759
TYPE
Hybrid Tea
HABIT OF GROWTH
Tall, upright bush
SIZE
3 to 5 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide
FOLIAGE
Compound with 5 oval leaflets; leathery; simple serrate margins; dark green; new leaves lightly tinged with red; average thorns
FLOWER
Pink; very double; 50 to 60 petals; 5 to 5 ½ inches in diameter; strong tea fragrance; long, pointed ovoid buds; initially high-centered, aging to cupped; borne mostly singly; blooms continuously throughout the growing season
HARDINESS
USDA zones 7b to 10
LIGHT
Full sun
OTHER
Has shown above average resistance to powdery mildew and blackspot
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