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'Pink Peace'

(Pronounced: PINk PEA-cs)

ALSO KNOWN AS:

'Pink Peace'

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'Pink Peace' is a well known and very fragrant Hybrid Tea rose with a distinctive rather hard dusty deep pink color. The high centered flowers are large (4-1/2" to 6") and the petals are among the largest produced on any rose.

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The blooms repeat well throughout the summer and fall, and the flowers last well after cutting. There is also a climbing form of 'Pink Peace'

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GENERAL
INFORMATION:
'Pink Peace' is a well known and very fragrant Hybrid Tea rose with a distinctive rather hard dusty deep pink color. The high centered flowers are large (4-1/2" to 6") and the petals are among the largest produced on any rose.

The blooms repeat well throughout the summer and fall, and the flowers last well after cutting. There is also a climbing form of 'Pink Peace'

BOTANICAL
GROUP:
Chinensis

GROUP:

CLASS:
HT

SEED
PARENT:
('Peace' x 'Monique')

POLLEN
PARENT:
('Peace' x 'Mrs. John Laing')

BREEDER:
Mmeiland

INTRODUCED:
'Pink Peace' was introduced by Meiland (France) in 1959.

DATE:
1959 [ France ]

PLANT SIZE
AND FORM:
Height:    50 '     to    6 '           Width:    3 '     to    4 '

'Pink Peace' forms a tall upright bush that can reach heights of 6'. The canes are relatively stiff and thick

FOLIAGE
DESCRIPTION:
The foliage of 'Pink Peace' is medium green, leathery, and semi-glossy.

FOLIAGE
FRAGRANCE:
None.

BLOOM
FREQUENCY:
r - Repeat. 'Pink Peace' starts blooming in April in the Texas Hill Country and repeat blooms in cycles until frost.

BLOOM
DESCRIPTION: Flower Size:    4.50"      to      6.00"           Cluster Size:    1      to      2           Petal Count:    58 to 58

The blooms are very large (4-1/2' to 6"), very double (58 - 60 petals), high centered, and deeply cupped.

BLOOM
COLOR:
mp - medium pink. The color of 'Pink Peace' in a distinctive hard dusty pink, and the petals have an unusual thin blush white margin .

COLOR VARIATION:
None.

FRAGRANCE:
vf - Very Fragrant. The flowers of 'Pink Peace' have a very intense sweet fragrance.

HIPS:
None observed.

CLIMATE:
Zones 4 - 9

CULTURE:
'Pink Peace' is very easy to grow for a Hybrid Tea rose, and tolerates poorer soils.

PROPAGATION:
'Pink Peace' is easily propagated by cuttings.

OTHER
CHARACTERISTICS:

    ** Tolerant of poorer soils
    ** Requires sunny location to thrive
    ** Makes good cut flowers
    ** Makes good exhibition flowers

ANECDOTAL
INFORMATION:
'Pink Peace' received the Geneva Gold Medal in 1959.

REFERENCES:
American Rose Society. Modern Roses 10. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 1993, p. 454.

American Rose Society. Modern Roses XI. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 2000, p. 355.

Scanniello, Stephen and Bayard, Tania. Roses Of America. New York: Henry Holt & Co.. 1990, p. 98.

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GENERAL INFORMATION:	'Pink Peace' is a well known and very fragrant Hybrid Tea rose with a distinctive rather hard dusty deep pink color. The high centered flowers are large (4-1/2" to 6") and the petals are among the largest produced on any rose. The blooms repeat well throughout the summer and fall, and the flowers last well after cutting. There is also a climbing form of 'Pink Peace'
BOTANICAL GROUP:	Chinensis
GROUP:
CLASS:	HT
SEED PARENT:	('Peace' x 'Monique')
POLLEN PARENT:	('Peace' x 'Mrs. John Laing')
BREEDER:	Mmeiland
INTRODUCED:	'Pink Peace' was introduced by Meiland (France) in 1959.
DATE:	1959 [ France ]
PLANT SIZE AND FORM:	Height: 50 ' to 6 ' Width: 3 ' to 4 ' 'Pink Peace' forms a tall upright bush that can reach heights of 6'. The canes are relatively stiff and thick
FOLIAGE DESCRIPTION:	The foliage of 'Pink Peace' is medium green, leathery, and semi-glossy.
FOLIAGE FRAGRANCE:	None.
BLOOM FREQUENCY:	r - Repeat. 'Pink Peace' starts blooming in April in the Texas Hill Country and repeat blooms in cycles until frost.
BLOOM DESCRIPTION:	Flower Size: 4.50" to 6.00" Cluster Size: 1 to 2 Petal Count: 58 to 58 The blooms are very large (4-1/2' to 6"), very double (58 - 60 petals), high centered, and deeply cupped.
BLOOM COLOR:	mp - medium pink. The color of 'Pink Peace' in a distinctive hard dusty pink, and the petals have an unusual thin blush white margin .
COLOR VARIATION:	None.
FRAGRANCE:	vf - Very Fragrant. The flowers of 'Pink Peace' have a very intense sweet fragrance.
HIPS:	None observed.
CLIMATE:	Zones 4 - 9
CULTURE:	'Pink Peace' is very easy to grow for a Hybrid Tea rose, and tolerates poorer soils.
PROPAGATION:	'Pink Peace' is easily propagated by cuttings.
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS:	Tolerant of poorer soils Requires sunny location to thrive Makes good cut flowers Makes good exhibition flowers
ANECDOTAL INFORMATION:	'Pink Peace' received the Geneva Gold Medal in 1959.
REFERENCES:	American Rose Society. Modern Roses 10. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 1993, p. 454. American Rose Society. Modern Roses XI. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 2000, p. 355. Scanniello, Stephen and Bayard, Tania. Roses Of America. New York: Henry Holt & Co.. 1990, p. 98.