The Peace rose is the most famous and successful garden rose of all time. Over one hundred million plants have been sold. It is a Hybrid Tea rose with very large flowers and a light yellow to cream colour. It is very hardy and resistant to disease making it popular in gardens as well as in the floral trade. Species About 100, see text A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa, and the flower of this shrub. ... Hybrid Tea is a Cultivar Group of roses, created by cross-breeding two different types of roses. ...

It was developed by French horticulturist Francis Meilland in the years 1935 to 1939. When Meilland foresaw the German invasion of France he sent cuttings to friends in Italy, Turkey, Germany, and the United States to protect the new rose. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The name Peace is a trade name; its formal cultivar name is Rosa 'Madame A. Meilland'. It was given the name Peace on 29 April 1945 in the United States. This was the very day that Berlin fell, officially considered the end of the Second World War in Europe. Later that year Peace roses were given to each of the delegations at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco, each with a note that read "We hope the 'Peace' rose will influence men’s thoughts for everlasting world peace". A trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the legal name of a business, or the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

Peter Beales, English rose grower and expert, said in his book Roses "'Peace', without doubt, is the finest Hybrid Tea ever raised and it will remain a standard variety forever".