I did grow them both. Unfortunately, Love and Peace got RRD and had to be removed.

Chicago Peace produces large blooms of the most exquisite sunset colors. The plant is short and does not repeat well for me. It will get black spot if not sprayed regularly. It makes it through our zone 6 winter without protection leaving a foot or two of green cane each spring.

Overall, I think Love and Peace is a better plant with more blooms and superior bloom form. The colors are more yellow than CP and there were a lot more of them. The plant was upright and vigorous with lots of attractive foliage. It often reached 6' here. It did not suffer much winter dieback and was slightly more disease resistant then CP, but still required spraying.

Love and Peace

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Digging out these photos is bringing back sad memories of the demise of this fine rose. Sniff. Sob.

I have both of them and I love Chicago Peace and like Love and Peace. It's just a personal preference I like the coloring of Chicago peace and the way it varies throughout the Summer and Fall. I'm somtimes put of by the shading in Love and Peace somtimes it just seems like smudges of neon yellow and hot deep pink. In terms of sixe bot are kept to about 5 feet to 6 feet in out garden bot bloom with the same frequency. Both are pretty healthy though CP somtimes gets a little BS by August.

Both are beautiful roses. Harry's remarks about disease should definitely be heeded. Love & Peace is MUCH healthier -- at least in my zone.

At one time or another I've grown both. As I remember, the earlier colors of Chicago Peace are fantastic, but are sometimes an awful beige/tan/colorless whatever in the later stages. And it was a BS magnet for me.

Love and Peace has smaller blooms; they start out more yellow, with the reddish margins becoming much more prominent as the bloom ages. From a distance, a mature bloom (with its mix of yellow and red) almost looks orange in my garden--at the very least, a very orange-red.

Early Love & Peace bloom:
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More mature Love & Peace bloom:
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Love & Peace may be more disease-resistant than Chicago Peace, but you will still have to spray L & P occasionally.

That said, for sheer beauty, a Chicago Peace new bloom wins hands down.

Kate

I'll have to think on this. I think I like the colors of Chicago Peace a bit better but the "does not repeat well" is not of huge appeal.

It really isn't fair, but I much prefer the Love & Peace to the Chicago Peace bush in my garden anyway. What makes it unfair?? Well, I bought the Love and Peace from a very reputable on-line vendor and got a good growing and superior blooming specimen that I really do like. It was hit pretty hard by the Easter Freeze this past Spring so this hasn't been a good year for it even. As for the Chicago Peace, I bought the poor thing as a bodybag rose on sale for $2.49 at K-Mart and it has really struggled along the three years I have had it in the ground in my garden. I will say that this past summer and now into early Fall it has really made good progress establishing itself. It is growing with much more vigor and is actually putting out some very attractive blooms. I still may end up SP'ing her next spring though I certainly hope not. We will just have to wait and see how things work out.
John

I've had both. I didn't replace Love and Peace when it was severely damaged in the move. I prefer the bloom on Chicago Peace, although its not the greatest bush in the world. In the south it requires regular spraying. The bloom, though, is what all the jazz is about.

It was one of my father's favorite roses, so it stays. The ownroot clone I have RU is the best of 3 or 4 clones I've tried over time.

I wish someone would post pictures of the Chicago Peace bloom. I think the colors of this rose are nearly perfect. It often adds a bit of fuchsia to the mix. I keep CP in a prominent place by the patio because when she produces a bloom, it will stop traffic!

I think it should be mentioned that there is a great level of variation in the bloom colors of both of these roses.

Below is the link to Helpmefind.com--many, many pics of Chicago Peace.

Which is the correct color? All of them (except I never saw the half and half colors shown in a couple of the pics).

What it doesn't show is the aging, fading bloom--not always pretty. But mostly a Chicago Peace bloom is gorgeous and big.

That said, I like my Love & Peace very much, and my neighbor adores it.

redsox, guess you will just have to buy both and report back to us your findings. LOL Just don't plant them close to each other--they might clash a bit.

Kate

Here is a link that might be useful: Chicago Peace pics at HMF

Chicago Peace. One of the most beautiful roses in my garden. Sometimes considerable color variation which I really like.

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Heres an entire page of Chicago Peace color variations the bush is 12 years old and puts out a reliable 3 to 4 flushes 20 blooms in Spring at least 5 to 8 blooms on later flushes.

Here is a link that might be useful: chicago Peace

Chicago Peace, one of my first roses, still a favorite.
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Kathy

I love the form and color. I can see how the fading tan bloom would be a bummer. I will just have to stay inside when it fades.

This is a really tough choice but I think I like 'Love and Peace' a little tiny bit better.

Chicago Peace is my favorite at the moment. The cooler weather has induced it to throw out 12-15 blooms - from a first season plant.

One of the blooms is a 1/2 white blend and 1/2 pinkish - quite stiking (sorry I don't own a digital camera or I would share a pic).