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The Rose of Hildesheim climbs on the apse of Hildesheim Cathedral. The Thousand-year Rose (German: Tausendjähriger Rosenstock, lit. 'Thousand-year-old Rosebush'), also known as the Rose of Hildesheim, grows on the apse of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
With the rise in popularity of roses in the mid 1800s, Benjamin R. Cant (1827-1900) initiated a rose breeding program in 1875. By 1880, Cant had become a very successful rose exhibitor in England. [1] [2] Cant's nephew, Frank Cant (1857-1928), left the family business to establish his own nursery in Colchester in the early 1880s.
The Europa-Rosarium, formerly the Rosarium Sangerhausen, is a municipal rose garden located in Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.With 8300 cultivars and species [1] it is one of the largest rose collection in the world, playing an important role as budwood source and in research. [2]
By 1914 the gardens had become so famous that the commune of L'Haÿ was renamed L'Haÿ-les-Roses. Like Malmaison, the garden was built with the intention of displaying every rose in the world, and in the early years of the 20th century it contained 7,000 rose cultivars. Today it has around 2,000 species and 3,000 cultivars. [25]
His father, Claude Pernet established the World's first exhibition of roses. His notable roses include the Moss variety 'Louis Gimard' and the Hybrid Perpetual 'Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild'. [29] Joseph Pernet-Ducher (1859–1928) was one the first rose breeders to focus on developing the new Hybrid Tea class.
Margaret Jayne Huntley Main, the oldest living Tournament of Roses queen, died of what appear to be natural causes in Auburn, her family confirmed. She was 102.
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Margaret Huntley Main, the 1940 Tournament of Roses queen and the oldest living titleholder, has died. Main died last Friday in Auburn, California, the Tournament of Roses said in a statement Tuesday.