Who were they named after?

[Oliver Buckle]

I knew someone had told me Choisya was named for someone. had a little rummage on google and found this:-

"Genus name honors Jacques Denis Choisy (1799-1859), Swiss botanist and professor of philosophy at Geneva.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Barbara Streisand Rose is a hybrid tea rose named after Barbra Streisand.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1759287327017732/

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Peony Mrs. F.D. Roosevelt was named after Eleanor Roosevelt.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/9007267988955035/

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Two pretty pink flowers, I am not usually big on pink, but both of those are lovely.
Mrs. FDR has always been a heroine of mine, Ms. Streisand not so much.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Two pretty pink flowers, I am not usually big on pink, but both of those are lovely.
Mrs. FDR has always been a heroine of mine, Ms. Streisand not so much.

@Oliver Buckle, I am glad that you like Peony Mrs. F.D. Roosevelt.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Michelangelo Hybrid Tea Rose

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/475622410646658035/

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Raphael Rose was introduced in 1856.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/449445237783427172/

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Agatea is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae.
Agatea is named after Alfred Thomas Agate, painter and illustrator.

 

[cpp gardener]

George Burns was offered 5 pictures of unnamed roses to pick one named for him. When he picked his favorite they asked him “Why that one?”. He said “It made me smile”
Then Armstrong Garden Center had a promotion to name another rose the same year. It was a white floribunda with a pink center. The winning name was………..Gracie Allen.
Neither the Burns’s nor the roses look like they really go together, but now they do.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

Charles Darwin Rose

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/754915956317352302/