HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
DescriptionPhotosLineageAwardsReferencesMember RatingsMember CommentsMember JournalsCuttingsGardensBuy From 
'Prairie Peace' rose Description
'Prairie Peace' rose photo
Photo courtesy of heliotrope42
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
29 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Yellow blend Hybrid Spinosissima.
Origin:
Bred by Robert Mackay Erskine (Canada, circa 1975).
Class:
Hybrid Spinosissima, Shrub.  
Bloom:
Yellow and salmon-pink, light pink blending.  Strong fragrance.  25 petals.  Semi-double to double, cupped bloom form.  Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.  
Habit:

Height: up to 10' (up to 305cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 2b and warmer.  Very hardy.  
Breeder's notes:
Erskine wrote to Percy Wright:

June 23. A rose seedling (Beauty of Leafland x Hazledean) has 3 beautiful pink and yellow double flowers open today. It is about the color of the Peace rose so I may call it "Prairie Peace".

Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Chromosome count courtesy of David Zlesak: tetraploid.
 
© 2024 HelpMeFind.com