Possibly the most popular rose of all time and important in the development of the Hybrid Teas. Flowers are double, cupped, single on the stems and slightly fragrant, the petals edged with pink and gradually changing to a paler yellow and deeper red. The Peace shrub was raised by Meilland, France, with pollination in June 1935 and budding in 1936. Peace is a commercial name (it is not the true cultivar name and therefore not written in single quotes) used for its introduction in the usa by Conard-Pyle in 1945 at the end of World War ii. The true ancestry is debated but often listed as ('George Dixon'_'Souvenir de Claudius Pernet') _ (['Joanna Hill' _ 'Charles p. Kilham'] _ 'Margaret McGredy'). The true botanical name appears to be 'Madame a.Meilland', the name given upon release in France in 1942. The climber is a sport of Peace raised by Brady in 1950.

Updated by: Niels Klazenga, December 2017