Ads
related to: pink peace tea rose gold jewelry organizer with wheels- Clearance Sale
Enjoy Wholesale Prices
Find Everything You Need
- Store Locator
Team up, price down
Highly rated, low price
- Men's Clothing
Limited time offer
Hot selling items
- Best Seller
Countless Choices For Low Prices
Up To 90% Off For Everything
- Where To Buy
Daily must-haves
Special for you
- The best to the best
Find Everything You Need
Enjoy Wholesale Prices
- Clearance Sale
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The new rose was named in honor of legendary French horticulturalist, Francis Meilland (1912-1958). Francis Meilland is recognized for creating the 'Peace' rose, originally introduced as Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland' in 1942. The rose is considered the "most famous rose in the world and still the most widely grown". [1] '
The Peace rose, formally Rosa 'Peace', synonym Mme A. Meilland, is a well-known and successful garden rose. By 1992, over one hundred million plants of this hybrid tea had been sold. The cultivar has large flowers of a light yellow to cream color, slightly flushed at the petal edges with crimson-pink.
'Chicago Peace' is a tall, upright shrub, 4 to 7 ft (121–213 cm) in height with a 2 to 3 ft (60–90 cm) spread. Blooms are very large, with an average diameter of 6 in (15.24 cm). Flowers are a blend of pink, yellow and orange, and have a mild fragrance. [2] Blooms are high-centered, very full (40+ petals) and have a cupped bloom form.
It is dedicated to Princess Grace of Monaco (1929-1982), who was President of Salon de la Rose's Jury in Monaco in 1981. Its parents were two hybrid tea cultivars, 'Ambassador' (Meilland, 1977) x Peace (Meilland, 1935).
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.