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Rosa 'Love and Peace'

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

Rosa 'Love & Peace', (aka BAIpeace), 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]

Description

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'Love & 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 & 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 & 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 & Peace'.[4]

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See also

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Notes

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

References

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