Peace Hybrid Tea Rose

Hybrid Tea Rose 'Peace'

Synonyms: Béke, Fredsrosen, Gioia, Gloria Dei, Madame Antoine Meilland, 3-35-40

Introduced in the U.S.: 1945 by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses)

Size and Petal Count: 6 inch flowers with 43 petals

Fragrant? : Yes, strong

Well something happened to my ‘Peace’ rose and a few other varieties and they grew these enormous sized roses on small bushes. This flower was easily two or three times the size of a regular Peace. It really looked like some abnormal burst of energy had come out. I was a little afraid for the plant since the flowers were almost as big but it has seemed to settle back into its routine of producing normal sized flowers. The roses in general look good and have been holding out despite the heat and humidity. Yesterday was kind of a statistical oddity in the fact we got over an inch of rain and the temperatures were only in the high 60’s. Felt a bit more like September than July.

Here is a bonus snapshot for Saturday. Here is 28 of the 32 cans anyway.

 Campbell's Soup Cans

Andy Warhol, American, 1962

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

32-20 by 16 inches (51 × 41 cm) canvases

Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan, NY