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Seizo Suzuki (鈴木 省三, Suzuki Seizō, 23 May 1913 – 20 January 2000) was a Japanese rose hybridizer and the director of the Keisei Rose Research Institute in Japan. He has been described as one of the leading modern Japanese rose breeders. [1] [2] [3]
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 ...
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 Two of his roses were world-famous at his death, though to some extent superseded since. Two of his roses were world-famous at his death, though to some extent superseded since.
The nursery was founded by Alexander Dickson I (1801–1880) in 1836. His sons Hugh (c. 1831–1904) and George I (1832–1914) both became interested in roses.
The WFRS maintains or oversees: a Rose Hall of Fame as well as an Old Rose Hall of Fame (an entry in which has been characterised as an honour "as coveted as Michelin's four stars" for rose aficionados [5]); a World Rose directory; a Rose Locator Database targeting the location of rose cultivars; a Breeder's Club; a "garden of excellence" award ...
Pedro Dot was the most famous Spanish rose breeder, but in the 1960s his son Simon became a breeder himself, particularly of mauve and lavender roses. [10] Pedro’s other son Marino and his two grandsons all released roses in the 1960s and 1970s. Because of Pedro’s fame, some of their roses have been wrongly attributed to him.
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Buck's introduction to rose breeding took place when he was a high school student in Rockford, Illinois, where he began a correspondence with the Spanish rose breeder Pedro Dot. After teaching for a few years, he entered the US Army during World War II as a member of the 13th Airborne , serving as a teacher and as a paratrooper in the European ...