EU v vrtnicah | The EU and Rose
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Vrtnica ‘Papa Joao XXIII’
Država nastanka: Portugalska
Papa Joao XXIII je portugalsko ime za papeža Janeza XXIII. Zaenkrat je to edina vrtnica portugalskega porekla v Arboretumu Volčji Potok.
Sorto so ustvarili v Portu v vrtnariji Alfreda Moreire da Silva in sinov. Ustanovitelj podjetja Alfredo Moreira da Silva, ki je umrl leta1932, je bil priznan vrtnarski strokovnjak.
Poimenovanje vrtnice po papežu Janezu XXIII. verjetno ni naključno, saj je sovpadlo z letom papeževe smrti 1963. Vrtnica je čiste nežno rožnate barve, a je razmeroma šibke rasti in zdravja. To pripisujemo času nastanka sorte in gorenjskemu podnebju, ki ga vrtnica od doma ni vajen.
Portugalska je katoliška država, kjer ženske, podobno kot na Slovenskem, vrtnice uporabljajo za praznično krašenje cerkva in grobov.
Vrtnica je del razstave EU v vrtnicah.
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The ‘Papa Joao XXIII’ Rose
Country of origin: Portugal
Papa Joao XXIII is the Portuguese name for Pope John XXIII. At the moment, it is the only rose descended from Portugal in Arboretum Volčji Potok.
The variety was created in Porto, in the nursery of Alfredo Moreire da Silva and his sons. The founder of the company, Alfredo Moreira da Silva (died in 1932), was a renowned horticulturalist.
It is probably not by accident that the rose was named after John XXIII, since the naming coincided with his death in 1963. Its blossoms are a pure pale pink, but the rose is relatively weak in terms of growth and health. We attribute this to the period during which it was created and our climate, which it is unaccustomed to.
Portugal is a Catholic country, where the women traditionally use roses to decorate graves and churches, just like in Slovenia.
The rose variety is a part of the exhibition The EU and Rose.
