Rosa 'Love and Peace'

Rosa 'Love and Peace', (aka BALpeace), is a hybrid tea rose cultivar bred in the United States by Ping Lim and Jerry Twomey in 1991. The rose was named an All-America Rose Selections winner in 2002.[1]

Rosa 'Love and Peace'
GenusRosa hybrid
Hybrid parentage'Unnamed seedling' x 'Mme. A. Meilland'
Cultivar groupHybrid tea rose
CultivarBALpeace
Marketing names'Love and Peace'
'Pullman Orient Express'
BreederMeilland
OriginUnited States, 1991

Description

'Love and Peace' is a medium-tall upright shrub, 4 to 6 ft (121—182 cm) in height with a 2 to 3 ft (60—90 cm) spread. Blooms are large, 6 in (15 cm) in diameter, with a high-centered bloom form.[2] Flowers are lemon yellow with dark pink edges, and are typically borne singly, and more rarely in small clusters. The rose has a medium, fruity fragrance and large, dark green foliage. 'Love and Peace' is an outstanding exhibition rose as well as a good garden rose. It blooms in flushes from spring through fall. The plants does well in USDA zone 7 and warmer.[3]

'Love and Peace' was used by Alain Meilland, in France, to hybridize, the hybrid tea Rosa, 'Mademoiselle Meilland', (2006). The cultivar's stock parents are: ('Christopher Columbus x 'Graham Thomas') x 'Love and Peace'.[4]

Awards

See also

Notes

  1. Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 239.
  2. "Rosa 'Love and Peace'". National Gardening Association Plants Database. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. "'Love and Peace' rose". Help me find roses, clematis and peonies. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. "Child Plants of Rosa 'Love and Peace'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

References

  • Quest-Ritson, Brigid; Quest-Ritson, Charles (2011). Encyclopedia of Roses (Reprint ed.). DK. ISBN 978-0756688684.
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