Roses Guillot, Empreintes
De Grande Tradition Et De
Contstante Innovation
KNIGHT’S ROSES ARE PROUD TO BE THE NOMINATED
AUSTRALIAN AGENT FOR GUILLOT ROSES
GUILLOT’S LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE THE GUILLOT FAMILY
(From 1829 to the present day SIX GENERATIONS OF ROSE CREATORS)
Among all the creators who have devoted their life and talents to Roses, only the GUILLOT family can pride itself on having fathered six generations of rose growers: their diverse talents have enabled them to establish a tradition going back to the beginning of the XIX century.
Jean-Baptiste GUILLOT, referred to as Guillot père, was born on 10th December 1803 in Grenoble, married Jeanne Marie Piollet on 21st August 1825 in Voreppe, and settled down in Lyon, in the Guilloti re district in 1829.
After starting in mixed farming, he was the first, in 1834, to devote his activity to the creation and marketing of Roses. It was he who launched the great Lyonnaise Rose-growing tradition, thereby superseding the Paris region which had been taking advantage of Empress Josephine’s benevolence.
The Firm, located at 238, route de Grenoble, took on the evocative name of ‘La Terre des Roses’ (The Terrace of Roses).
Its first creation was a Bourbon Hybrid christened ‘Lamartine’ which was produced in 1842. In the following years the Firm accumulated the impressive number of 81 new varieties.
Among these, are many of the most beautiful old roses marketed at the present time.
We could mention Mme Bravy, Comtesse d’Oxford, Baron J.B. Gonella, Pavillon de Pregny, Triomphe de la Guillotière, Comtesse de Barbentane.
Jean-Baptiste died in Lyon on 18th April 1882
.His son, Jean-Baptiste André, or Guillot Fils as he was called, was born in Grenoble on 9th December 1827. Obviously he accompanied his father when he set up in Lyon.
From the age of 14, he joined his father in their efforts to continue to make the family business prosper. It was in 1849 that he invented the process which was enough to ensure his recognition by rose-growers throughout the world, i.e. read more
