List of rose cultivars named after people

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A number of rose cultivars (rose plants bred and developed for their specific characteristics, such as size, colour or scent) have been named after real-life individuals or fictional characters. These roses may have been named after the person who originally bred them, or to honour a certain individual or character.

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Name of varietyImageDateRose breederLocation
A. Drawriel1887LevequeFrance
Abbé André Reitter1904WelterGermany
Abbé Berliez1864GuillotFrance
Abbé Bramérel1971GuillotFrance
Abbé Giraudier1869LevetFrance
Abe Lincoln
Abel Carrière1875E. VerdierFrance
Abelle Weber-Paté1904 Lambert Germany
Abraham Darby
Rose, Abraham Darby, bara, aburahamu dabi, (15405158604).jpg
1985 Austin United Kingdom
Achille Gonod1864 Gonod France
Adam Messerich
Rosa Adam Messerich.jpg
1920LambertGermany
Adélaïde de Meynot1882GonodFrance
Adélaide d'Orléans 1826JacquesFrance
Adelaide Hoodless
Adèle Heu 1816 Jean-Pierre Vibert France
Adèle Pavie1850VibertFrance
Adèle Prévost1848
Ady Endre emleke 2004MarkHungary
Adolf Deegen1935BöhmCzechoslovakia
Adolf Horstmann
Rapperswil - Duftrosengarten Adolf Horstmann TH Kordes 1971 2011-07-02 14-34-32.JPG
1971 Kordes Germany
Adolphe van den Heede1904LambertGermany
Adrian Reverchon1909LambertGermany
Aenne Burda KordesGermany
Agar1836VibertFrance
Agatha Christie1988KordesGermany
Aglaïa 1811DescemetFrance
Aglaia (II)1896LambertGermany
Agnes Bernauer1989KordesGermany
Agnes1900SaundersCanada
Agnes Schilliger2002Guillot-MassadFrance
Aimée Vibert1828VibertFrance
Alain Blanchard
RosaGallicaAlainBlanchard1UME.jpg
1839VibertFrance
Alain Souchon2000 Meilland France
Alan Titchmarsh 2007AustinUnited Kingdom
Albéric Barbier
Rose Alberic Barbier 20070601.jpg
1900BarbierFrance
Alberich1954De RuiterThe Netherlands
Albert Edwards1961HillierUnited Kingdom
Albert Hoffmann 1904WelterGermany
Albert James Nottidge1909WelterGermany
Albert Payé1873TouraisFrance
Albert Poyet1979Eve
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht-Durer-Rose (Tantau 2002).jpg
2002TantauGermany
Alec C. CollieCockerUnited Kingdom
Alexander MacKenzie Canada
Alexander Dumas 1861MargottinFrance
Alexander Suddaby1977LondonUnited Kingdom
Alexandre Dupont1892LiabaudFrance
Alexandre Girault1909BarbierFrance
Alexandre Laquement1906Roseraie de L'HayFrance
Alfieri After 1800France
Alfred Colomb1865LacharmeFrance
Alfred de Dalmas1855Portemer/LaffayFrance
Alfred K. Williams1877SchwartzFrance
Admiral Tirpitz 1918 Kiese Germany
Alice Aldrich1899LovettUnited States of America
Alice Hamilton 1904NabonnandFrance
Alice Hoffmann1897HoffmannGermany
Alice Rauch1909 Geschwind Austria-Hungary
Alice Vena
Alida Lovett1905 Van Fleet United States of America
Alison Wheatcroft1959WheatcroftUnited Kingdom
Alister Stella Gray
Rosa 'Alister Stella Gray'.jpg
1894GrayUnited Kingdom
Alphonse Daudet1997 Meilland France
Amadeus (II) 2003KordesGermany
Amadis1829LaffayFrance
Amalia Jung1934LeendersThe Netherlands
Amalie de Greiff1912LambertGermany
Amandine Chanel2004MassadFrance
Ambroise Paré 1846VibertFrance
Amelia Earhart 1932ReymondUnited States of America
Amélie Gravereaux1900 Gravereaux France
Amélie Hoste1875GonodFrance
Amy Robsart 1894PenzanceUnited Kingdom
Anaïs Ségalas 1837VibertFrance
Andenken an Alma de L'Aigle 1955Wohlt/KordesGermany
Anacréon 1836VibertFrance
Andenken an Ferdinand Hopf 1927ElbelGermany
Andenken an Gustav Frahm 1956KordesGermany
Andenken an Joh. Diering 1902HinnerGermany
Andenken an Erreth Jolànka 1916WelterGermany
Andenken an Moritz von Fröhlich 1904HinnerGermany
Andreas Hofer 1911 Kiese Germany
André Le Nôtre 2001MeillandFrance
André Leroy d'Angers 1866TrouillardFrance
Angela Müll1902HinnerGermany
Angela Rippon 1978De RuiterThe Netherlands
Angela Welter1903WelterGermany
Angéle Pernet1924Pernet-DucherFrance
Angels Mateu1934 Dot Spain
Angyal Dezső emléke 2000MarkHungary
Anikó1994MarkHungary
Anisley Dickson1983DicksonUnited Kingdom
Ann Saxby 1997AustinUnited Kingdom
Anne de Besobrasoff1878GonodFrance
Anna de Diesbach 1859LacharmeFrance
Anna Ford 1980 Harkness United Kingdom
Anna Geschwind1882 Geschwind Austria-Hungary
Anna Marie de Montravel1879RambeauxFrance
Anna Pavlova 1891BealesUnited Kingdom
Anna Rubsamen1903WeigandFrance
Anna Scharsach1890GeschwindAustria-Hungary
Anna Schneider1912WelterGermany
Anna Zinkeisen 1983HarknessUnited Kingdom
Annamarie Jacobs1911JacobsGermany
Ännchen Müller1907J.C. SchmidtGermany
Ännchen von Tharau 1886GeschwindAustria-Hungary
Anne Boleyn 1993AustinUnited Kingdom
Anne Cocker1970CockerUnited Kingdom
Anne de Bretagne1979MeillandFrance
Anne Harkness
Rosa Anne Harkness.jpg
1979HarknessUnited Kingdom
Anne Marie de Montravel1879RambauxFrance
Anne-Marie d'Orbesson1820JacquesFrance
Anne Marie Trechslin 1968MeillandFrance
Anne-Mette Poulsen1935PoulsenDenmark
Anne of Geierstein 1894PenzanceUnited Kingdom
Anneliese Rothenberger
Rosa Anneliese Rothenberger.JPG
1975TantauGermany
Annie Welter1912WelterGermany
Anthony Meilland1990MeillandFrance
Antigone 1969GaujardFrance
Antoine Devert1880GonodFrance
Antoine Ducher1826DucherFrance
Antoine Mouton1874LevetFrance
Antoine Rivoire1895Pernet-DucherFrance
Antonia d'Ormois1835VibertFrance
Antonia Ridge 1976MeillandFrance
Antonie Schurz1890GeschwindAustria-Hungary
Anuschka 1977TantauGermany
Aphrodite 2006TantauGermany
Apor Vilmos emléke 1994MarkHungary
Apotheker Georg Höfer1902WelterGermany
Áprily Lajos emléke 2000MarkHungary
Arany János emléke 2006MarkHungary
Archiduc Charles 1825LaffayFrance
Archiduc Joseph
Rosa Archiduc Joseph 1.jpg
1892NabonnandFrance
Archiduchesse Elisabeth d'Autriche 1881Moreau-RobertFrance
Ariana El1912GeschwindAustria-Hungary
Arielle Dombasle
Rosa 'Arielle Dombasle' J1.JPG
1992MeillandFrance
Arillaga 1929SchoenerUnited States of America
Aristide Briand 1928PennyFrance
Arlene Francis 1957Boerner/Jackson and PerkinsUnited States of America
Armide 1817VibertFrance
Arndt 1913LambertGermany
Arpad-hazi Szent Erzsebet emléke 1995MarkHungary
Arthur Bell 1965McGredyIreland
Arthur de Sansal1855CochetFrance
Arthur Rimbaud
Rosa 'Arthur Rimbaud' 01.JPG
2008MeillandFrance
Arthur Scargill
Arthur Young 1863PortemerFrance
Arva Leany1911GeschwindAustria-Hungary
Asta von Parpart1909GeschwindAustria-Hungary
Astra Desmond United Kingdom
Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg 2001TantauGermany
Astrid Lindgren
Rose at Rosarium Uetersen in 2008.jpg
1989OlesenDenmark
Athena 1982KordesGermany
Audie Murphy 1957LammertsUnited States of America
Audrey Hepburn 1983TwomeyUnited States of America
Audrey Wilcox1987FryerUnited Kingdom
August Seebeauer1944KordesGermany
Augusta Luise 1999TantauGermany
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria 1891LambertGermany
Auguste Gervais1918BarbierFrance
Auguste Kordes1928KordesGermany
Auguste Renoir 1995MeillandFrance
Auguste Roussel1913BarbierFrance
Augustine Guinoisseau1889GuinoisseauFrance
Augustine Halem1891GuillotFrance
Augustus Hartmann1914CantGermany
Aurelia Liffa1886GeschwindAustria-Hungary
Aurora 1923PembertonUnited Kingdom
Aurore de Jacques-Marie1999GuillotFrance
Aurore Poiniatowska 1820Du PontParis, France
Ausonius 1932LambertGermany
Aviateur Blériot 1909FauquéFrance
Avocat Duvivier1875LévêqueFrance

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'Baron Girod de l'Ain' Rosa 'Baron Girod de l' Ain'.jpg
'Baron Girod de l'Ain'
'Baroness Rotchild' Rosa 'Baroness Rotchild'.jpg
'Baroness Rotchild'
'Benjamin Britten' Rosa 'Benjamin Britten' David Austin 2001 02.jpg
'Benjamin Britten'
'Bernd-Weigel-Rose' Bernd-Weigel-Rose (Tantau 2003).JPG
'Bernd-Weigel-Rose'
'Betty Prior' Rose "Betty Prior".jpg
'Betty Prior'
'Brenda Colvin' Rosa Brenda Colvin1UME.jpg
'Brenda Colvin'

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'Camille Pissarro' Camille Pissarro (4493110744).jpg
'Camille Pissarro'
'Captain Hayward' Rosa 'Captain Hayward RJB'.jpg
'Captain Hayward'
'Cardinal de Richelieu' Rosa Cardinal de Richelieu, Sayada 1er mai 2014.jpg
'Cardinal de Richelieu'
'Cesar' Rosa Cesar.JPG
'César'
'Charles de Gaulle' Rosa 'Charles de Gaulle'.jpg
'Charles de Gaulle'
'Charles de Mills' Rosa 'Charles de Mills' J2.jpg
'Charles de Mills'
'Chopin' Rose 'Chopin' MB01.JPG
'Chopin'
'Christopher Columbus' Christoph Kolumbus (Meilland, 1992).JPG
'Christopher Columbus'
'Claude Monet' Rose Claude Monet 20070601 2.jpg
'Claude Monet'
'Comte de Chambord' Rosa 'Comte de Chambord' J1.JPG
'Comte de Chambord'
'Comtesse du Barry' Rosa 'Comtesse du Barry' Verschuren 1993 RPO1.jpg
'Comtesse du Barry'
'Condesa de Sastago' Condesa de Sastago12.jpg
'Condesa de Sastago'
'Coupe d'Hebe' Rosa 'Coupe d'Hebe'.jpg
'Coupe d'Hébé'
'Crown Princess Margareta' Kronprincess Margareta (Austin1999).jpg
'Crown Princess Margareta'

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'Diana, Princess of Wales' Rose, Elegant Lady ( Diana, Princess of Wales), bara, ereganto redei(Jiu Ming daiana purinsesu obu ueruzu) (23229373783).jpg
'Diana, Princess of Wales'
'Doris Tysterman' Rosa Doris Tystermann.JPG
'Doris Tysterman'
'Dorothy Perkins' Rose Dorothy Perkins 20070601.jpg
'Dorothy Perkins'
'Dr. Debat' Hybrid Tea - Dr. Debat 2 (crop).JPG
'Dr. Debat'
'Dr. Waldheim' Rosa Dr. Waldheim Kordes 1974.jpg
'Dr. Waldheim'
'Duc de Cambridge' Duc de Cambridge-Laffay(1880).JPG
'Duc de Cambridge'
'Duchess of Cornwall' Chippendale (Tantau 2005).JPG
'Duchess of Cornwall'
'Duchess of Wellington' Duchess of Wellington NHRG 1-3-2014.jpg
'Duchess of Wellington'
'Duquesa de Penaranda' Duquesa Penarada.Dot1931.jpg
'Duquesa de Peñaranda'

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'Eckart Witzigmann' Eckart Witzigmann.jpg
'Eckart Witzigmann'
'Edgar Degas' Rosa francese.jpg
'Edgar Degas'
'Emil Nolde' Emil Nolde (Tantau 2001).JPG
'Emil Nolde'
'Empress Josephine' Rosa 'Empress Josephine'.jpg
'Empress Josephine'

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'Ferdinand Pichard' Rosa 'Ferdinand Pichard'.jpg
'Ferdinand Pichard'
'Francois Juranville' Rose Francois Juranville 20070601.jpg
'François Juranville'
'Frau Karl Druschki' Rosa 'Frau Karl Druschki'.jpg
'Frau Karl Druschki'
'Frederic Mistral' Frederic Mistral (1993).JPG
'Frédéric Mistral'
'Fritz Nobis' Rosa 'Fritz Nobis'.jpg
'Fritz Nobis'

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'Gebruder Grimm' Rosa 'Gebruder Grimm' 01.JPG
'Gebrüder Grimm'
'Gene Boerner' Rosa 'Gene Boerner'.JPG
'Gene Boerner'
'General Jacqueminot' Rosa 'General Jacqueminot'.jpg
'Général Jacqueminot'
'General Kleber' Rosa sp.120.jpg
'Général Kléber'
'Gertrude Jekyll' GertrudeJeckyll20060624.JPG
'Gertrude Jekyll'
'Graham Thomas' Rosa 'Graham Thomas' J1.JPG
'Graham Thomas'

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'H.C.Andersen' H.C.Andersen (Poulsen 1983).JPG
'H.C.Andersen'
'Handel' Rosengarten der Stadt Koln Rosa 'Handel' 4.jpg
'Händel'
'Hannah Gordon' Floribunda rose.jpg
'Hannah Gordon'
'Helen Hayes' Rosa Helen Hayes 1.jpg
'Helen Hayes'
'Helmut Kohl' Helmut-Kohl-Rose (Tantau 1996).jpg
'Helmut Kohl'
'Henry Fonda' Rosa Henry Fonda.jpg
'Henry Fonda'
'Hermann Hesse' Rose 'Hermann Hesse' Mainau - 1.jpg
'Hermann Hesse'
'Honore de Balzac' Rose Honore de Balzac 20070601.jpg
'Honoré de Balzac'

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I

'Ingrid Bergman' Rose Ingrid Bergmann.jpg
'Ingrid Bergman'

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J

'Jacqueline du Pre' Rosa 'Harwanna'.jpg
'Jacqueline du Pré'
'Jeanne de Montfort' Rosa sp.153.jpg
'Jeanne de Montfort'
'Jens Munk' Jens Munk flower.JPG
'Jens Munk'
'John Cabot' Rosa John Cabot1HELLAN.jpg
'John Cabot'
'John Clare' Rosa 'John Clare' David Austin 01.jpg
'John Clare'
'Josef Klimes' Joseph Klimes.JPG
'Josef Klimeš'
'Julia Child' Rosajuliachild.jpg
'Julia Child'

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K

'Karl Herbst' Rose Karl Herbst bara karu herupusuto (6322008853).jpg
'Karl Herbst'
'Karl Ploberger Rose' Karl-Ploberger-Rose (Kordes 2007) 01.jpg
'Karl Ploberger Rose'
'Kitchener of Khartoum' Rosa Kitchener of Khartoum 1.jpg
'Kitchener of Khartoum'
'Konrad Adenauer' Rosa Konrad Adenauer.jpg
'Konrad Adenauer'

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'L.D. Braithwaite' Rosa L.D. Braithwaite 0zz.jpg
'L.D. Braithwaite'
'Lady Penzance' Rosa Lady Penzance 1.jpg
'Lady Penzance'
'Laura Ford' Rosa Laura Ford 3.jpg
'Laura Ford'
'Leonardo da Vinci' Rose Leonardo da Vinci.jpg
'Leonardo da Vinci'
'Lilli Marleen' Lilli Marleen (Kordes 1959).JPG
'Lilli Marleen'
'Lord Byron' RosaLordByron.jpg
'Lord Byron'
'Louis de Funes' Rosa 'Louis de Funes' J1.JPG
'Louis de Funès'
'Louise Odier' Rosa 'Louis Odier'.jpg
'Louise Odier'

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M

'Madame Alfred Carriere' Rosa Madame Alfred Carriere 2.jpg
'Madame Alfred Carrière'
'Madame Caroline Testout' Rosa 'Mme Caroline Testout'.jpg
'Madame Caroline Testout'
'Madame Gregoire Staechelin' Madame Gregoire Staechelin.JPG
'Madame Grégoire Staechelin'
'Madame Pierre Oger' Rosa 'Mme Pierre Oger'.jpg
'Madame Pierre Oger'
'Maman Cochet' Rosa Maman Cochet 2.jpg
'Maman Cochet'
'Marcel Pagnol' Rose Marcel Pagnol 20070601.jpg
'Marcel Pagnol'
'Maria Callas' Rosa Maria Callas01.jpg
'Maria Callas'
'Marie Curie' Rosa 'Marie Curie' 2.jpg
'Marie Curie'
'Mark Twain' Rose Mark Twain.jpg
'Mark Twain'
'Michelangelo' Rose Michelangelo 20070601.jpg
'Michelangelo'
'Mister Lincoln' Rosa 'Mister Lincoln' 1964.jpg
'Mister Lincoln'
'Mozart' Rosa 'Mozart' J2.jpg
'Mozart'
'Mountbatten' Rose Mounbatten 20070601.jpg
'Mountbatten'
'Mrs Herbert Stevens' Mrs. Herbert Stevens May 2008.jpg
'Mrs Herbert Stevens'
'Mrs Fred Danks', Clark 1951 Rosa Mrs Fred Danks.jpg
'Mrs Fred Danks', Clark 1951
'Mrs. Harkness', Harkness/Paul 1893 Rosa 'Paul's Early Blush'.jpg
'Mrs. Harkness', Harkness/Paul 1893

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N

'Nancy Reagan' Rosanancyreagan.jpg
'Nancy Reagan'

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O

'Ophelia' Ophelia - Hybrid Tea.jpg
'Ophelia'

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P

'Papageno' Rosa Papageno 1989.jpg
'Papageno'
'Papa Meilland' Rose Papa Meilland.jpg
'Papa Meilland'
'Paul Ricard' Paul Ricard (Meilland 1991).JPG
'Paul Ricard'
'Penelope' Rosapenelope.jpg
'Penelope'
'Philippe Noiret' Rose Philippe Noiret 20070601.jpg
'Philippe Noiret'
'Pierre de Ronsard' Rosa 'Eden Rose' J1.JPG
'Pierre de Ronsard'
'Pope John Paul II' Rosapopejohnpaulii.jpg
'Pope John Paul II'
'President Herbert Hoover' Duftrosengarten Rapperswil - President Herbert Hoover TH Coddington-Totty 1930 2010-09-13 16-26-42.JPG
'President Herbert Hoover'
'Princess of Wales' Rosa Princess of Wales01.jpg
'Princess of Wales'

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Q

'Queen Elizabeth' Rosa Queen Elizabeth1ZIXIETTE.jpg
'Queen Elizabeth'

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R

'Regine Crespin' Rose Regine Crespin 20070601.jpg
'Régine Crespin'
'Reine Victoria' Rosa 'La Reine Victoria' 2.jpg
'Reine Victoria'
'Richard Strauss' Rosa sp.239.jpg
'Richard Strauß'

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S

Rosa 'Sally Holmes' Rosa A.jpg
Rosa 'Sally Holmes'
'Sarah van Fleet' Sarah van Fleet rose.jpg
'Sarah van Fleet'
'Simon Bolivar' Hybrid Tea - Simon Bolivar 8 (crop).JPG
'Simon Bolivar'
'Sir Edward Elgar' SirEdwardElgar PartiallyOpened (4493125316).jpg
'Sir Edward Elgar'
'Souvenir de Pierre Vibert' Rosa sp.266.jpg
'Souvenir de Pierre Vibert'
'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain' Rosa 'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain' J1.JPG
'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain'
'St. Nicholas' Rosa St Nicholas1UME.jpg
'St. Nicholas'
'Steffi Graf' Rosa Steffi Graf 01.jpg
'Steffi Graf'

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T

'Tchaikovski' Tshaikowski (Meilland 1999).jpg
'Tchaikovski'
'Thalia' Rose Thalia 20070601.jpg
'Thalia'
'Therese Bugnet' RosaThereseBugnet1UME.jpg
'Thérèse Bugnet'
'Titian' Riethmuller Titian6.jpg
'Titian'

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U

'Uncle Walter' Wien.Volksgarten03.jpg
'Uncle Walter'

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W

'William Baffin' Rosa William Baffin 1.jpg
'William Baffin'
'William Shakespeare' Rose, William Shakespeare 2000, bara, uiriamu shieikusupia 2000, (13150172084).jpg
'William Shakespeare'

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Y

'Yves Piaget' Rose Yves Piaget 20070601.jpg
'Yves Piaget'

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Z

'Zephirine Drouhin' Rapperswil - Duftrosengarten - Zephirine Drouhin KL Bizot 1868 2010-05-29 17-21-04.JPG
'Zéphirine Drouhin'

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Sometimes also called Mathilda, after one of Aznavour's songs
  2. ↑ Royal Edward Rose
  3. ↑ Also known as Duchesse d'Oldenbourg
  4. ↑ Smith, Keith. Around Malvern in old photographs. Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester. ISBN   0-86299-587-6. page 119.
  5. ↑ Also known as Hannah
  6. ↑ Presentation of Ida Costain roses to Mrs. Thomas B. Costain. OCLC   38551625 . Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  7. ↑ Marie-Victorin rose
  8. ↑ "Louise Hay" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  9. ↑ Sometimes referred to as Marie Dermat
  10. ↑ Also known as Pilar Landecho
  11. ↑ "About Mary Margaret McBride". Ashokan Dreams. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "Rosa ( Michael Crawford Rose )". Backyardgardener.com. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  13. ↑ Also named Zonta Rose in Australia and New Zealand or Bright Lights in the USA
  14. ↑ There are two roses cultivars named after Diana, Princess of Wales. One, called 'Princess of Wales', is the only one she allowed to be named after her. After her death the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund allowed a new rose, 'England's Rose' to be named after her, which is sold and raises funds for the charity in her memory.
  15. ↑ "Rose named after Princess of Wales to celebrate 'power of nature'". 9 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Also known as Souvenir de la Princesse de Lamballe
  17. ↑ dedicated to the victims Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman
  18. ↑ Also called Duchesse d'Istrie

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