Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Very large: 6" or more
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Yellow blend
Extra Bloom Info: High-centered or cupped
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Yellow blend, with pink edges
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-7 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Francis Meilland, before 1939
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer
Awards: AARS: 1946

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 4-7 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Yellow and pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: Hague Gold Medal 1965
Parentage: ((George Dickson x Souvenir de Claudius Pernet) x (Joanna Hill x Charles P. Kilham)) x Margaret McGredy
Child plants: 69 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Peace'
  • 'Gloria Dei'
  • 'Gioia'
  • 'Madame A. Meilland'

Common names
  • Hybrid Tea Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Cincinnati, OH Date: 2023-10-10
Date: 2020-09-14
Uploaded by Eric_C
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2014-10-18
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b Date: 2017-08-07
Date: 2018-06-23
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2011-10-16 Always lovely
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn Date: 2017-05-30
Date: 2019-08-28
Location: My Garden, Utah Date: 2014-08-18 sunset
Location: Liberty Hill, Tx Date: 2014-09-15
Date: 2018-08-19
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn Date: 2017-05-21
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2011-04-08
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. Date: 2006-06-29 - Growing in poor soil and in shade, the Peace Rose still shines
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn Date: 2017-05-27
San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn Date: 2017-06-24
Date: 2023-10-20
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn Date: 2017-05-30
Uploaded by Mike
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2011-10-16 Fall bloom
Date: 2019-08-28
Date: 2019-08-28
Location: My Garden, Utah Date: 2012-05-16
Date: 2019-08-21
Location: Dallas,Texas Date: 2016-06-27
Location: El Paso, Tx Date: 2019-10-24 One of the 1400 roses at the El Paso Municipal Rose Garden.
Date: 2024-04-04
Location: Zone 5 Date: 2011-06-04
Date: 2024-04-05
Uploaded by Lynnez
Date: 2012-09-15
Date: 2019-09-24
Date: 2012-05-25
Location: Dallas,Texas Date: 2021-10-25
Date: 2018-06-24
Date: 2023-06-14
Date: 2023-06-14
Date: 2023-10-20
Date: 2023-06-14
Date: 2012-07-11
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Date: 2015-10-26
Location: In my garden here in Utah. Date: 2020-09-25
Date: 2024-04-05
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b Date: 2010-06-08
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC Date: 2016-04-22
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC Date: 2016-04-30
Location: Dallas,Texas Date: 2021-04-23
Date: 2017-10-23
Uploaded by saltedjelly
Location: My Garden, Utah Date: 2016-06-01
Date: August 2018
Date: 2023-06-14
Location: Hershey Gardens, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Date: 2018-09-16
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Eagle Bay, New York Date: 2022-06-25 Rose (Rosa 'Peace') aka 'Madame A. Meilland'
Date: 2024-04-04
Date: 2024-04-04
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, Date: 2012-06-30 Digital Camera
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Bradenton FL Date: 2024-04-22
Location: Eagle Bay, New York Date: 2022-06-24 Rosa 'Peace' aka 'Madame A. Meilland', bud opening
Date: 2018-08-21
Location: Zaone 6
Uploaded by Lynnez
Date: 2014-06-26
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Rose garden Date: 2012-1012
Date: 2023-10-12
Date: 2019-06-07
Uploaded by Mike
Date: 2023-06-16
Date: 2023-06-14
Location: Zone 8b, Willamette Valley 'Peace' hybrid tea rose
Date: 2019-08-21
Date: 2012-07-11
Date: 2024-04-04
Date: 2025-04-15
Location: Zone 6 Date: 2005-08-26
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b Date: 2010-06-08
Date: 2024-10-14
Date: 2024-10-14
Date: 2024-10-14
Uploaded by Lynnez
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by Lynnez
Location: Cincinnati, OH Date: 2024-06-09
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC Date: 2016-04-24
Date: 2012-09-15
Location: central New Hampshire Date: 2006-08-20 my garden, zone 4b New Hampshire
Date: 2018-08-21
Date: 2023-10-12
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA Date: 2016-06-10
Location: Dallas,Texas Date: 2021-10-26
Location: Dallas,Texas Date: 2021-10-26
Location: Switzerland, in my garden Date: 2017-07-08
Date: 2012-05-24
Date: 2023-06-14
Date: 2023-06-14
Date: 2012-05-25
Date: 2023-06-14
Date: c. 1949 image from the 1949 catalog, Thomasville Nurseries, Thomasville,
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Coastal San Diego County Date: 2018-04-05
Date: 2024-04-04
Date: 2025-04-15
Date: 2025-04-15
Date: 2012-05-31
Date: 2018-08-21
Date: 2015-04-05
Date: 2024-10-14
Uploaded by zuzu
I love this rose.
Location: Rose garden Date: 2012-0522
Date: 2024-11-13
Date: 2023-10-12
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA Date: 2016-06-10
Location: At a nursery Date: 2007-11-14
Location: At a nursery Date: 2007-11-14
Location: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus OH USA Date: 2016-06-02
Date: 2012-05-25
Uploaded by Mike
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA Date: 6/5/16 after the rain
Date: 2012-09-10
Date: 2014-09-14
Date: 2014-09-14
Uploaded by sedumzz
Uploaded by sedumzz
Date: c. 1954 photo from the 1954 catalog, Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio
Date: 2020-06-05
Date: 2013-08-23
Date: 2024-10-14
Just Beginning To Open
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI Date: 2012-07-30
Location: In my garden...Pleasant Grove, Utah Date: 2012-09-10
Location: Rose garden Date: 2012-1204
Location: Rose garden Date: 2012-0522
Location: Rose garden Date: 2008-0922
Date: 2024-11-13
Date: 2024-11-13
Date: 2012-09-18
Date: 2012-05-25
Uploaded by Mike
Date: 2010-07-03 Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Date: 2010-07-03 Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Uploaded by Mike
Date: 2014-12-13 Photo courtesy of: T.Kiya
Date: 2014-10-21
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: Illinois, US Date: 2002-06-17
Location: El Paso, Tx Date: 2019-10-24
Date: 2015-06-15
Date: 2024-04-25
Date: 2024-04-25
Date: 2013-08-23
Date: 2014-10-18
Date: 2012-10-12
Date: 2012-09-27
Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022 Date: 2022-07-22
Bud - Second Flush
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI Date: 2012-07-30
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI Date: 2012-07-30
Date: 2014-09-04
credit: Hobbykafe
Date: 2013-08-23

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Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Feb 2, 2014 8:21 PM concerning plant:
    The blend of soft pastel colors in the blooms of the Peace rose will never produce a vivid focal point in the landscape, but it will have a calming effect and a more subtle beauty. The rose has remained popular for about 70 years despite its drawbacks. The shrub itself is likely to have an ungainly habit, and the foliage is highly vulnerable to black spot in most locations. The two Peace roses that have been growing in my garden for the last 30 years, however, regularly produce many large blooms of exhibition quality without the aid of fungicides or any other chemicals.
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  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Feb 25, 2016 6:46 PM concerning plant:
    My wonderful and beloved mom used to grow the Peace rose wherever we lived. She loved the coloring of this rose a lot and it was one of her very favorites. Every year, she would have to use some sort of dusting chemical on the leaves to fight the pesky Japanese beetles we always had every summer. Out of all the different roses she ever grew, this is the one that reminds me the most of Mom. It is a beautiful and fragrant rose, but since I don't like thorny plants and/or using chemicals, I'm not going to grow it.
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  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Feb 9, 2014 2:37 PM concerning plant:
    A very old hybrid tea. I remember this rose well from my dad's flower garden. He grew roses, and Peace was one of his personal favorites. So the rose has been around for a long time.
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Rose ID? by Calif_Sue May 4, 2014 8:16 AM 0
Peace by dirtdorphins Aug 20, 2014 7:42 PM 2
This rose exudes "Peace". by Fleur569 Apr 28, 2015 3:55 AM 1

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