Posted on April 29, 2019
So many people love roses. What's not to love? They smell divine, and they're gorgeous to look at. I particularly like yellow roses, and I most especially like yellow roses with hints of pink on their edges.
Well, guess what? That's exactly the coloration of the Peace Rose!
You may well wonder why this rose has this name...
The French man who developed this hybrid rose, Francis Meilland, knew that his nation would soon be invaded by Nazis. (This was in 1935.) To protect his new rose, he sent cuttings to horticulturalist friends in Italy, Turkey, Germany, and the United States. The horticulturalists grew many more of the lovely yellow-blushing-pink roses and discovered that they were hardy and resistant to pests.
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| by Carol Cavalaris |
Near the end of the war, Meilland wrote to British Field Marshall Alan Brooke. He expressed his gratitude for Brooke's actions in liberating France from the Nazis, and he asked if he could name his new rose after Brooke.
Brooke said he was honored to be asked but that "Peace" would be a better and longer-lasting name.
Brooke said he was honored to be asked but that "Peace" would be a better and longer-lasting name.
The day in 1945 that the name "Peace Rose" was announced in the U.S., it just so happened that Berlin fell. This was an important turning point in the war, and it made the Peace Rose name even more appropriate.
Later on that same year, the delegations for the new organization called the United Nations met in San Francisco. Each of the delegations was given a Peace Rose.
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