As a hybrid variety, this plant will not reliably grow true to type from seed.
United States – Patent No: PP 591 may have expired.
Francois Meilland named the rose for his mother Madame A Meilland and it was poised for introduction in 1939. This name is the original and thus botanically correct. 1
Bred by Francis Meilland (France, 1942). 3
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1945 as ‘Peace’. 2
Peace Rose was awarded the All American Rose Selection (AARS) Award for 1946, the only rose to receive the honor that year. Since then Peace Rose has won numerous rose awards including the ARS National Gold Medal Certificate, 1947; and the Golden Rose of the Hague.3
Madame A Meilland, Madame Antoine Meilland, Gioia, Gloria Dei, Béke, Fredsrosen,