Aug 5 How French Rose Growers Outmaneuvered the Nazis A story of survival against all odds Its color pattern of delicate yellow petals tinged with crimson captures the opposite impulses contained within our genetic code. Its unlikely survival story makes us believe beauty can win out in the end, at least some of the time. Francis Meilland was a third generation rose grower based outside of Lyon in Southeastern France. In 1935 he created a new type of tea rose and over the next four years he cultivated it. Its resilient nature, full creamy blooms and glossy leaves made the...