Peace
'Peace' hybrid tea-rose.
Roxborough Park Rose Gardens, at Baulkham Hills, in north-western Sydney. Photographed in the late afternoon, at 6.30pm, as the sun was setting, on Friday, 29th October, 2020.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon 16-35mm lens.
'Peace' is one of the most famous of all hybrid tea roses. It was bred by Francis Meilland in 1935, in Lyon, France, under the original cultivar name of 'Madame A. Meilland'. This name was a dedication to his mother, Claudia Antoine Meilland.
Shortly before Germany invaded France in 1939, Francis Meilland sent budwood of his rose to rose growers in the USA, Italy and Turkey to ensure that his rose would not be destroyed during the war. The 'Peace' budwood escaped from France on the last plane that was available before the German invasion.
In the USA, budwood was sent to the Conard-Pyle Company in Pennsylvania. Robert Pyle then proceeded to propagate the rose. It was this US rose company that then introduced Francis Meilland's rose to the world under the cultivar name of 'PEACE', on April 29th, 1945 (VE Day), which was the same day that Berlin fell to the Allied forces.
When the Nazis left France in early 1945 Francis Meilland had written to the US Commanding Officer, Field Marshall Alan Brooke, and thanked him for helping to liberate France. He also asked the Field Marshall to name the rose. Alan Brooke wrote back to Meilland and asked that the rose be called 'PEACE'. Two doves were then released into the American sky to symbolise the release of the 'Peace' rose.
At the very first meeting of the United Nations, in San Francisco, in April 1945, each of the UN delegates were given a 'Peace' rose with the note:
"We hope the 'Peace' rose will influence men's thoughts for everlasting peace'
It is the most awarded rose of all time, most significantly winning the All-American Rose Selection Award in 1949.
It is still, today, the biggest selling rose of any kind in the world.
In Italy 'Peace' is called Gioia (Italian for "joy"), whlist in Germany it is called Gloria Dei (Latin for "glory of God").
It is known as 'Peace' elsewhere such as here, in the Hills District of Sydney!!
Peace
'Peace' hybrid tea-rose.
Roxborough Park Rose Gardens, at Baulkham Hills, in north-western Sydney. Photographed in the late afternoon, at 6.30pm, as the sun was setting, on Friday, 29th October, 2020.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon 16-35mm lens.
'Peace' is one of the most famous of all hybrid tea roses. It was bred by Francis Meilland in 1935, in Lyon, France, under the original cultivar name of 'Madame A. Meilland'. This name was a dedication to his mother, Claudia Antoine Meilland.
Shortly before Germany invaded France in 1939, Francis Meilland sent budwood of his rose to rose growers in the USA, Italy and Turkey to ensure that his rose would not be destroyed during the war. The 'Peace' budwood escaped from France on the last plane that was available before the German invasion.
In the USA, budwood was sent to the Conard-Pyle Company in Pennsylvania. Robert Pyle then proceeded to propagate the rose. It was this US rose company that then introduced Francis Meilland's rose to the world under the cultivar name of 'PEACE', on April 29th, 1945 (VE Day), which was the same day that Berlin fell to the Allied forces.
When the Nazis left France in early 1945 Francis Meilland had written to the US Commanding Officer, Field Marshall Alan Brooke, and thanked him for helping to liberate France. He also asked the Field Marshall to name the rose. Alan Brooke wrote back to Meilland and asked that the rose be called 'PEACE'. Two doves were then released into the American sky to symbolise the release of the 'Peace' rose.
At the very first meeting of the United Nations, in San Francisco, in April 1945, each of the UN delegates were given a 'Peace' rose with the note:
"We hope the 'Peace' rose will influence men's thoughts for everlasting peace'
It is the most awarded rose of all time, most significantly winning the All-American Rose Selection Award in 1949.
It is still, today, the biggest selling rose of any kind in the world.
In Italy 'Peace' is called Gioia (Italian for "joy"), whlist in Germany it is called Gloria Dei (Latin for "glory of God").
It is known as 'Peace' elsewhere such as here, in the Hills District of Sydney!!