Peace

 

                  I bet you didn’t know that this beautiful, hybrid tea rose once 

                  had another name!

                  It was once called ‘Madame A. Meilland. 

                  It was developed by a French horticulturalist, Francis Meilland

                  in honour of his mother, Claudia.

                  So how did it become ‘Peace’?

                  The story goes that in 1945, Meilland wrote to Field Marshall Alan Brooke

                  to thank him for his part in the liberation of France and to ask if Brooke

                 would give his name to the rose. However, Brooke declined saying that 

                 his name would soon be forgotten  but a much better name would be....

                 ’Peace’.