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The Meilland Family is a multi-generational family of French rose breeders. The family's first rosarian was gardener, Joseph Rambaux , who first started breeding roses in 1850 in Lyon . He is best known for developing the Polyantha 'Perle d'Or' .
Francis Dubreuil. Francis Meilland is the most celebrated member of the six generation, Meilland family of French rose breeders and nursery owners. [1] The family's rosarian origins began in 1850 with Francis's great-grandfather, Joseph Rambaux, a gardener at Parc de la Tête d'Or in Lyon.
Moore is known by many of his peers as the “Father of the Modern Miniature Rose”. On May 29, 2003, in downtown Visalia, the Ralph Moore Rose Garden was dedicated to Ralph to honor his achievements as a rose breeder. The rose garden contains 300 of his roses. On January 14, 2007, Moore celebrated his 100th birthday at the Visalia Convention ...
Lord Penzance was a noted British judge and rose breeder, creating among others the varieties 'Lady Penzance' and 'Jeanie Deans'. Jean Pernet, père (1832–1896) was an important French rose breeder from Lyon who developed Hybrid Perpetual and Bourbon roses. His father, Claude Pernet established the World's first exhibition of roses.
'Midnight Sun', Grant 1921, a deep red, black-tinged, scented hybrid tea. In the Nieuwesteeg Heritage Rose Garden at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Patrick Grant (1860 – 28 September 1945) was a Scottish-born Australian rose breeder. Two of his roses were world-famous at his death, though to some extent superseded since.
Philippe Jean-Baptiste François ("Joseph") Rambaux was born in Dracy-le-fort, France, on March 18, 1820. [1] He was a gardener at Parc de la Tête d'Or.In France, in the 1830s and 1840s, rose breeders begun to practice the hybridization of roses and this quickly became the preferred method of developing new rose varieties.
Von Hartwiss bred more than 100 varieties of roses at the Nikita Garden. [2] Two are still growing at the Alupka Palace: 'Comtesse Elizabeth Woronzof' 1829 and 'Belle de Nikita' 1829. There may also be his rose 'Mignonette d'Alupka' 1829, thought by some to be the rose imported into France and sold as 'Maréchal Niel'.
His sons Hugh (c. 1831–1904) and George I (1832–1914) both became interested in roses. The firm became Alexander Dickson and Sons. A separate firm, Royal Nurseries, was founded by Hugh in 1869. With the help of George's sons Alexander II (December 20, 1857 – 1949) and George II they started breeding roses in the late 1870s.