Rosa | |
Genus: | Rosa hybrid |
Hybrid: | 'Unnamed seedling' x 'Mme. A. Meilland' |
Group: | Hybrid tea rose |
Cultivar: | BAIpeace |
Marketing Names: | 'Love & Peace' 'Pullman Orient Express' |
Breeder: | Lim and Twomey |
Origin: | United States, 1991 |
Rosa 'Love & Peace', (aka BAIpeace), is a hybrid tea rose cultivar bred in the United States by Ping Lim and Jerry Twomey in 1991. The rose was named an All-America Rose Selections winner in 2002.
'Love & Peace' is a medium-tall upright shrub, 4 to 6 ft (121—182 cm) in height with a 2 to 3 ft (60—90 cm) spread. Blooms are large, 6 in (15 cm) in diameter, with a high-centered bloom form.[1] Flowers are lemon yellow with dark pink edges, and are typically borne singly, and more rarely in small clusters.The rose has a medium, fruity fragrance and large, dark green foliage. 'Love & Peace' is an outstanding exhibition rose as well as a good garden rose. It blooms in flushes from spring through fall. The plants does well in USDA zone 7 and warmer.[2]
'Love & Peace' was used by Alain Meilland, in France, to hybridize, the hybrid tea Rosa, 'Mademoiselle Meilland', (2006). The cultivar's stock parents are: ('Christopher Columbus x 'Graham Thomas') x 'Love & Peace'.[3]