Father of Peace

Named to honour the rose breeder Francis Meilland who bred the worlds most famous rose Peace is this highly perfumed Hybrid Tea rose with soft silvery shell pink blooms on a classic bush to 1.5 meters tall. I have mentioned before in older catalogues a Must Read book by Antonia Ridge For Love of a Rose which tells the story of Francis and the Peace rose being smuggled out of war torn France to America, A truly beautiful story