EU v vrtnicah | The EU and Rose
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Vrtnica ‘La France’
Država nastanka: Francija
Nastanek sorte ‘La France’ leta 1867 je zaključil obdobje zgodovinskih vrtnic. ‘La France’ je bila prepoznana kot prva skrižana čajevka in leto 1867 je postalo mejnik med starimi in sodobnimi vrtnicami. Dvajseto stoletje je bilo stoletje skrižanih čajevk.
Vrtnar Jean-Baptiste Guillot (izg. gijó) je v Lyonu ustanovil drevesnico leta 1829 in njegov sin enakega imena je v drevesnici delal od svojega štirinajstega leta. Guillot starejši je bil prvi drevesničar v Lyonu, ki se je specializiral samo na vrtnice. Sledili so mu drugi in Lyon je postal središče vrtničarstva v Franciji.
Gillot starejši je žlahtnil vrtnice in ustvarjal predvsem takrat moderne skrižane ponavljavke (hibridne perpetualke) in prave čajevke. Guillot mlajši je vpeljal novost, to je razmnoževanje podlag za cepljenje iz semena divjih šipkov in ne iz potaknjencev. Kot žlahtnitelj se je proslavil s prvo skrižano čajevko, torej z ‘La France’, s prvo polianto in s prvo dokaj rumeno čajevko.
Kaj so skrižane čajevke? To je skupina vrtnic, ki danes veljajo za vrtnični lepotni ideal. Nastale so tako, da so vrtnarji skrižane ponavljavke križali s pravimi čajevkami. Potomci so dobili močan, pokončen vrat in obliko cvetov, kot jih poznate iz cvetličarne.
Vrtnica je del razstave EU v vrtnicah.
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The ‘La France’ Rose
Country of origin: France
The creation of the ‘La France’ in 1867 marked the end of the period of historic roses. ‘La France’ was considered the first hybrid tea rose, which means that 1867 is a landmark year, separating historic from the modern roses. The 20th century was the century of the hybrid tea rose.
In 1829, the gardener Jean-Baptiste Guillot opened a tree nursery in Lyon, where his eponymous son started working at 14 years of age. Guillot Sr. was the first Lyon nurseryman to specialise exclusively in roses. He was soon followed by others, and Lyon eventually grew into the capital of rose cultivation in France.
Guillot Sr. cultivated roses and mostly created the then popular hybrid perpetual roses and original tea roses. Guillot Jr. introduced a novelty, i.e. propagation of rootstocks from wild rosehip seeds instead of cuttings. He established his reputation as a rosarian with the cultivation of a first hybrid tea rose, the first polyantha, and the first reasonably yellow tea rose.
What are hybrid tea roses? Nowadays, this group of roses is considered the beauty ideal of a rose. They were created by gardeners crossing hybrid perpetual roses with original tea roses. Their descendants have strong, erect stems and the familiar shaped blossoms one can see at the florist’s.
The rose variety is a part of the exhibition The EU and Rose.
