Hybrid in Groningen. 'Peaudouce' Tea Rose, Prinsentuin, Groningen, The Netherlands
Feeling a bit of a Hybrid myself after a long time away from Groningen, I wandered over to the secluded Prinsentuin to get rid of jetlag. The weather though chilly was half-way decent, and some sunlight prettily splashed the early-autumnal roses.
This is 'Peaudouce', a Tea Rose hybrid bred by Colin and Patrick Dickson in 1983/1984. The Scottish Dicksons hailed from Perth. Alexander Dickson (1801-1880) founded a plant nursery at Newtownards, Northern Ireland in 1836. The company began to breed roses at the end of the 1870s partly to upstage the virtual monopoly of the French in that endeavor. Ironically, this fine rose carries a French name although the exhibition name was 'Elina'. It's not just a rose, but it was in 2006 inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame by the World Federation of Rose Societies, one of only 14 Roses honored this way.
And this afternoon I was honored to see it in all its splendor.
Hybrid in Groningen. 'Peaudouce' Tea Rose, Prinsentuin, Groningen, The Netherlands
Feeling a bit of a Hybrid myself after a long time away from Groningen, I wandered over to the secluded Prinsentuin to get rid of jetlag. The weather though chilly was half-way decent, and some sunlight prettily splashed the early-autumnal roses.
This is 'Peaudouce', a Tea Rose hybrid bred by Colin and Patrick Dickson in 1983/1984. The Scottish Dicksons hailed from Perth. Alexander Dickson (1801-1880) founded a plant nursery at Newtownards, Northern Ireland in 1836. The company began to breed roses at the end of the 1870s partly to upstage the virtual monopoly of the French in that endeavor. Ironically, this fine rose carries a French name although the exhibition name was 'Elina'. It's not just a rose, but it was in 2006 inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame by the World Federation of Rose Societies, one of only 14 Roses honored this way.
And this afternoon I was honored to see it in all its splendor.