A popular and low-maintenance plant, the Peggy Martin rose, became a symbol of resilience after Hurricane Katrina. See why.

Yet when I learned that I would partner with Peggy Whitson, the first female chief ... very high professional standard—that’s what her name means in the astronaut community.

He decided to name it the Peggy Martin rose, and in the years since its discovery, it's earned the nickname, "the Katrina rose." The climbing rose now blooms across the South, reaching its peak in ...