Rose cultivars named after celebrities

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The following is a partial list of rose cultivars named after celebrities. Rose cultivators often[citation needed] name new cultivars after well-known people.

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Four red roses are named for Abraham Lincoln: the hybrid perpetuals "Président Lincoln" (1863--Granger) and "Souvenir du Président Lincoln" (1865--Moreau-Robert), the miniature moss "Honest Abe" (1978--Christensen), and the well-known red hybrid tea "Mister Lincoln" (1964--Swim and Weeks).
  2. ^ The 'Dolly Parton' is a dark coppery orange-red hybrid-tea rose.
  3. ^ Advertised by Jackson Perkins as the first "red, white, and blue rose," although it is actually bluish-red with white reverse.
  4. ^ a fiery orange-red rose named after Gaby in 1992, possibly the first time in history that a rose has been named after a tennis player.
  5. ^ 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.
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