Birth flower for October 12
Pierre de Ronsard rose
Meaning: grace, tender love
Pierre de Ronsard is a climbing rose bred by the French house Meilland and introduced in 1985, the 400th anniversary of the death of the poet it is named after. Its big, heavy, cupped flowers are creamy white outside with a pink heart, and in 2006 it was inducted into the World Federation of Rose Societies' Hall of Fame.