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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.
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' .
The company employs over 800 people worldwide and owns rose trial gardens and test stations in France, the U.S., and Germany. Meilland International sells over 12 million rose plants each year. [8] The company is managed by Alain Meilland and Michell Richardier Meilland, who are also rose breeders for Meilland International.
Rosen Tantau (also RosenWelt Tantau) is a rose breeding company located at Uetersen, in the District of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Glasshouse in Uetersen It is one of the most important Rose farms worldwide, and has developed a large number of well-known rose cultivars.
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.
'Alberic Barbier' Barbier Frères & Compagnie was a commercial rose nursery best known for introducing large-flowered Wichurana ramblers to Europe in the early 1900s. The nursery was established in 1894 by brothers Albert & Eugène Barbier and located in Olivet, near Orleans, France, René Barbier, son of original co-founder, Albert Barbier, led the nursery's rose hybridizing program and is ...
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.
All rose registration names are registered by the American Rose Society. [2] A registration name is either a buyer‑friendly name consisting of one or more words from natural language, or a code name, where the first three letters signify the breeder, and the other letters are more or less meaningless, e.g. the rose KORschwill bred by Kordes.