# Peter Lambert (rosarian)

Peter Lambert (1 June 1859 – 28 February 1939) was a German rose breeder from Trier.

## Life

Peter Lambert was born on 1 June 1859 in Trier, Kingdom of Prussia. He acquired a knowledge of roses working with his father Nicholas Lambert in the Lambert & Reiter nursery, later Lambert & Söhne (Lambert & Sons). The brothers Johann and Nicholas had started the firm in 1869 with Jean Reiter, a nurseryman. Peter trained at a Prussian school of horticulture and gained experience working in nurseries in France and England. In 1891 he started his own nursery, eventually employing more than seventy workers.
In 1900 he married Léonie Lamesch, daughter of the Luxembourg rose breeder. To her he had dedicated one of his dwarf Polyanthas crossing Polyanthas with Noisettes. He maintained good contacts with Luxembourg nurseries (Soupert & Notting, Gemen-Bourg, and Ketten Frères), who distributed his varieties.
Peter Lambert helped establish the Europa-Rosarium at Sangerhausen in 1904 and the rosarium in Zweibrücken in 1914. He was also a founder of the Verein Deutscher Rosenfreunde (German Rose Society). He became its director and edited its Rosen-Zeitung 1890–1911. He was a jurist for rose competitions in Saint Petersburg, Paris, Haarlem, London, Lyon and Florence.
    Lambert's catalogues in the years 1914-1931 are a valuable treasure trove of the most important roses of his time.
Lambert's rose dedications (over 100 by 1914) make a survey of contemporary German wartime and pre-war society. There are the usual rose people and their relations. Likewise aristocratic and military worthies, though the sabre rattles more loudly than usual: the rose 'Herero-Trotha' celebrates von Trotha's genocidal efforts in German Southwest Africa. Danzig is declared in 1935 to be 'Deutsches Danzig.' There is an "economic adviser," a "financial adviser" and a "confidential adviser," no doubt prominent public servants. Other names show Lambert's interest in poets ('Hoffmann von Fallersleben'), wine-growing areas and chess players.
He died on 28 February 1939.
"Lambert's garden in the walls of the old Benedictine abbey in Trier and his collection of roses … were all destroyed during World War II." After the war, a street in Trier was named after him and a rose garden in Nells Park planted in his honour.

## Rose breeding

From the late 1890s Lambert began to breed his own rose varieties, introducing the first ones in 1899. The Alsatian Schmitt's Three Graces – the roses 'Thalia', 'Euphrosyne' and 'Aglaïa'– were promoted by Lambert and provided material for many of his early crosses.
For fifty years Lambert bred original and much admired hybrid teas ('Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria', 'Frau Karl Druschki'), Chinas ('Unermüdliche'), Hybrid perpetuals ('Moselblümchen'), Rugosa crosses ('Schneezwerg'), Pernetianas ('Von Scharnhorst'), Bourbon–China crosses ('Adam Messerich') and Multiflora ramblers ('Mosel').
    Lambert selected roses for good health by avoiding parents that displayed a weakness for mildew or rust. As a result, a century later his roses remain among the healthiest … In 1905, Lambert named the vigorous, free-flowering and remontant shrub 'Trier' in honour of his home town. He then used 'Trier' to develop a distinct class of large, repeat-flowering Hybrid Musk shrubs and climbers with wonderfully handsome leaves and a deliciously strong scent. These became known as the Lambertianas.
Lambert and his firm survived World War I but
    the defeat and humiliation of World War I weighed heavily on him … and he found the 1920s a difficult time to earn a living. His natural curiosity faded, and he failed to keep pace with the innovations of younger rose breeders … he stuck increasingly to his own breeding lines and seldom took in new genes from other breeders' breakthroughs.
Not surprisingly his production of new varieties declined in the 1930s, his own seventies. But the very late 'Mozart' and 'Martha Lambert' are striking and original.

## Sortable list of Peter Lambert roses

| Name | Date | Type | Colour |
| Moselblümchen | 1889 | Hybrid perpetual | Red |
| Rheingold | 1889 | Tea | Orange and yellow |
| Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria | 1891 | Hybrid tea | White |
| Mosella | 1895 | Polyantha | Cream and yellow |
| Thalia (by Schmitt) | 1895 | Rambler | White |
| Euphrosyne (by Schmitt) | 1896 | Multiflora rambler | Pink |
| Aglaïa (by Schmitt) | 1895 | Multiflora hybrid | Light yellow |
| Frau Geheimrat von Boch | 1897 | Tea | Cream, pink edges |
| Hélène | 1897 | Multiflora rambler | Lilac pink |
| Oscar Kordel | 1897 | Hybrid perpetual | Carmine red |
| Balduin | 1898 | Hybrid tea | Red |
| Großherzogin Viktoria Melitta von Hessen | 1898 | Hybrid tea | white |
| Herzogin Marie von Ratibor | 1898 | Tea | Yellow blend |
| Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt | 1898 | Tea | Pink blend |
| Eugenie Lamesch | 1899 | Polyantha | Yellow blend |
| Goldquelle | 1899 | Tea | Yellow and red |
| Hofgartendirektor Graebener | 1899 | Hybrid tea | Yellow blend |
| Papa Lambert | 1899 | Hybrid tea | Medium pink |
| Léonie Lamesch | 1899 | Polyantha | Copper |
| Frau Syndica Roeloffs | 1900 | China | Deep yellow |
| Schneewittchen | 1901 | Polyantha | Cream |
| Katharina Zeimet | 1901 | Polyantha | White |
| Tiergarten | 1901 | Multiflora hybrid | Deep yellow |
| Frau Karl Druschki | 1901 | Hybrid tea | White |
| Aschenbrödel | 1902 | Polyantha | Light pink |
| Domkapitular Dr. Lager | 1903 | Hybrid tea | Salmon-pink |
| Frau Lilla Rautenstrauch | 1903 | Hybrid tea | Orange-pink |
| Freiherr von Marschall | 1903 | Tea | Carmine-red |
| Gustav Grünerwald | 1903 | Hybrid tea | Pink |
| Morgenrot | 1903 | Climber | Red |
| Philippine Lambert | 1903 | Polyantha | Pink |
| Schneekopf | 1903 | Polyantha | White |
| Thalia Remontant | 1903 | Multiflora hybrid climber | White |
| Abelle Weber-Paté | 1904 | Polyantha | White |
| Adolphe van den Heede | 1904 | Hybrid tea | Cream |
| Edu Meyer | 1904 | Hybrid tea | Yellow |
| Frau Cecilie Walter | 1904 | Polyantha | Light yellow |
| Hélène Videnz | 1904 | Multiflora hybrid | Salmon-pink |
| Gruß an Zabern | 1904 | Multiflora hybrid | White blend |
| Kleiner Alfred | 1904 | Polyantha | Yellow |
| Oberhofgärtner A. Singer | 1904 | Hybrid perpetual | Carmine red |
| Otto von Weddingen | 1904 | | |
| Unermüdliche | 1904 | China | Pink blend |
| Trier | 1904 | Multiflora hybrid | Cream |
| Abendstern | 1905 | Multiflora hybrid | White blend |
| Augenschein | 1905 | Multiflora hybrid | Yellow–white |
| Direktor W. Cordes | 1905 | Hybrid tea | Yellow blend |
| Graf Fritz von Hochberg | 1905 | Hybrid tea | Salmon-pink |
| Hermann Raue | 1905 | Hybrid tea | Salmon-pink |
| Herrin von Lieser | 1905 | Hybrid tea | Light yellow |
| Lucien de Lemos | 1905 | Hybrid tea | Light pink |
| Carmen | 1906 | Hybrid rugosa | Dark red |
| Frau Ernst Borsig | 1906 | Hybrid tea | Carmine pink |
| Herero-Trotha | 1906 | Tea | Yellow |
| Lina Schmidt-Michel | 1906 | Hybrid tea | Pink |
| Frau Alfred Mauthner | 1907 | Hybrid tea | Pink |
| Avelsbach | 1908 | Multiflora hybrid | Red and yellow |
| Frau Geheimrat Dr. Staub | 1908 | Climber | Dark red |
| Frau Oberhofgärtner Singer | 1908 | Hybrid tea | Pink blend |
| Frau Oberhofgärtner Luiger | 1908 | Hybrid tea | Pink and white |
| Frau Philipp Siesmayer | 1908 | Hybrid tea | Orange-pink |
| Großherzog Friedrich von Baden | 1908 | Hybrid tea | Pink blend |
| Parkfeuer | 1908 | Hybrid foetida | Scarlet |
| Philipp Paulig | 1908 | Hybrid perpetual | Dark red |
| Rankende Miniature | 1908 | Polyantha | Light pink |
| Rose Benary | 1908 | Hybrid tea | Pink and yellow |
| Adrian Reverchon | 1909 | Multiflora hybrid | Carmine pink |
| Alsterufer | 1909 | Hybrid tea | Crimson-carmine |
| Backfisch | 1909 | Polyantha | Salmon-pink |
| Bettelstudent | 1909 | Polyantha | Carmine-red |
| Cineraria | 1909 | Polyantha | Red |
| Excellenz Kuntze | 1909 | Multiflora hybrid | Light yellow |
| Excellenz von Schubert | 1909 | Multiflora hybrid | Carmine pink |
| Frau Alexander Weiß | 1909 | Polyantha | Pink |
| Frau Oberhofgärtner Schulze | 1909 | Polyantha | Deep pink |
| Frau Ottilie Lüntzel | 1909 | Polyantha | Cream |
| Geheimrat Dr. Mittweg | 1909 | Polyantha | Pink blend |
| Gustel Mayer | 1909 | Polyantha | Red |
| Hildenbrandseck | 1909 | Rugosa hybrid | Carmine-red |
| Kommerzienrat W. Rautenstrauch | 1909 | Hybrid foetida | Salmon-pink |
| Lustige Witwe | 1909 | Polyantha | Carmine-red |
| Mieze | 1909 | Polyantha | Orange-yellow |
| Mme Léon Simon | 1909 | Hybrid tea | Deep pink |
| Tip-Top | 1909 | Polyantha | Orange-yellow |
| Trierisch Kind | 1909 | Polyantha | Pink-mauve |
| Unser Peti | 1909 | Polyantha | Peach-pink |
| Zigeunerknabe (by Geschwind) | 1909 | Bourbon hybrid | Violet and red |
| Excellenz M. Schmidt-Metzler | 1910 | Hybrid tea | White blend |
| Gartenstadt Liegnitz | 1910 | Polyantha | Purple-red |
| Gräfin Stefanie Wedel | 1910 | Hybrid tea | White blend |
| Freifrau Ida von Schubert | 1911 | Hybrid tea | Dark red |
| Fürstin von Pless | 1911 | Rugosa hybrid | White |
| Gräfin Marie Henriette Chotek | 1911 | Multiflora hybrid | Dark red |
| Hauff | 1911 | Multiflora hybrid | Mauve blend |
| Goethe (possibly by Geschwind) | 1911 | Moss | Scarlet |
| Schneezwerg | 1911 | Hybrid rugosa | White |
| Amalie de Greiff | 1912 | Hybrid tea | Coral-pink |
| Heine | 1912 | Multiflora hybrid | White |
| Luise Lilia | 1912 | Hybrid tea | Dark red |
| Oriole | 1912 | Multiflora hybrid | Yellow |
| Arndt | 1913 | Multiflora hybrid climber | Salmon-pink |
| Baron Palm | 1913 | Hybrid tea | Red |
| Frau von Brauer | 1913 | Wichurana hybrid | White |
| Freifrau von der Goltz | 1913 | Hybrid tea | Salmon-pink |
| Freifrau von Marschall | 1913 | Wichurana hybrid | Light pink |
| Fritz Reuter | 1913 | Multiflora hybrid | Carmine-red |
| Jona | 1913 | Hybrid tea | Red |
| Mannheim | 1913 | Hybrid tea | unknown |
| Ökonomierat Echtermayer | 1913 | Hybrid tea | Carmine pink |
| Prinzessin Adolf zu Schaumburg-Lippe | 1913 | Hybrid tea | unknown |
| Resi Bindseil | 1913 | Hybrid perpetual | Red |
| Schiller | 1913 | Multiflora hybrid | Peach-pink |
| Leonie Lambert | 1913 | Hybrid perpetual | Light pink |
| Dr. Bender | 1914 | Tea | unknown |
| H. F. Eilers | 1914 | Hybrid tea | Carmine-red |
| Herzogin von Calabrien | 1914 | Hybrid tea | Cream |
| Körner | 1914 | Multiflora hybrid | Orange-yellow |
| Lessing | 1914 | Multiflora hybrid | Pink, white stripes |
| Margarete Heike | 1914 | Polyantha | White |
| Peter Rosegger | 1914 | Multiflora climber | Coral-pink |
| Rückert | 1914 | Multiflora climber | Yellow |
| Prinzessin Hildegard von Bayern | 1914 | Hybrid tea | Light yellow |
| Detlev von Liliencron | 1915 | Hybrid foetida | Cream |
| Emmy von Dippe | 1915 | Hybrid tea | Yellow-pink |
| Generalin Isenbart | 1915 | Hybrid tea | Pink |
| Generaloberst von Hindenburg | 1915 | Hybrid tea | Pink blend |
| Graf Silva Tarouca | 1915 | Hybrid tea | Carmine-red |
| Gruß an Zweibrücken | 1915 | Hybrid tea | Dark red |
| Helene von Zwehl | 1915 | China | Coral-red |
| Kaiser Franz Joseph | 1915 | Pernetiana | Orange–deep pink |
| Kapitän von Müller | 1915 | Hybrid tea | Crimson |
| Kronprinz Ruprecht | 1915 | Hybrid perpetual | Dark red |
| Von Hardenberg | 1915 | Hybrid lutea | Cream |
| Weddigen | 1915 | Hybrid tea | Light pink |
| Generaloberst von Kluck | 1916 | Hybrid tea | Carmine-red |
| Graf Fritz von Schwerin | 1916 | Hybrid tea | Pink |
| Königin Maria Therese | 1916 | Hybrid tea | Carmine pink |
| Kronprinz Wilhelm | 1916 | Hybrid tea | Pink blend |
| Wieland | 1916 | Polyantha hybrid | Red |
| Gellert | 1917 | Multiflora hybrid climber | White |
| Hoffmann von Fallersleben | 1917 | Multiflora hybrid climber | Apricot blush |
| Uhland | 1917 | Polyantha hybrid | Yellow-orange |
| Hermann Robinow | 1918 | Pernetiana | Salmon-pink |
| Justizrat Dr. Hessert | 1918 | Hybrid tea | Pink blend |
| Dr. Helfferich | 1919 | Hybrid tea | Rose pink |
| Dr. Ing. H. Blohm | 1919 | Hybrid perpetual | Dark red |
| Heinrich Conrad Söth | 1919 | Multiflora hybrid | Deep pink |
| Lisbeth Stellmacher | 1919 | Polyantha | Golden-=yellow |
| Adam Messerich | 1920 | Bourbon | Rose pink |
| Marie Henriette Gräfin Chotek | 1920 | Multiflora rambler | Crimson |
| Mosel | 1920 | Multiflora rambler | Mauve |
| Von Scharnhorst | 1921 | Pernetiana | Light yellow |
| Bischof Dr. Korum | 1922 | Hybrid perpetual | Pink and yellow |
| Chamisso | 1922 | Multiflora rambler | Light pink |
| Frau H. Stakemann | 1922 | Hybrid tea | unknown |
| Therese Zeimet-Lambert | 1923 | Hybrid tea | Carmine pink |
| Gneisenau | 1924 | Multiflora hybrid | White blend |
| St. Ingbert | 1926 | Hybrid perpetual | White |
| Studienrat Schlenz | 1926 | Hybrid tea | Rose pink |
| Druschki Rubra | 1929 | Hybrid perpetual | red |
| Ausonius | 1932 | Multiflora hybrid | Light pink |
| Grimm | 1932 | Multiflora hybrid climber | Light pink |
| Heideröslein | 1932 | Multiflora hybrid climber | Salmon-pink |
| Mosellied | 1932 | Multiflora hybrid | Purple-red |
| Rudolf von Bennigsen | 1932 | Climber | rose-pink |
| Goldene Druschki | 1933 | Hybrid perpetual | Golden-yellow |
| Reichspräsident von Hindenburg | 1931 | Hybrid tea | Pink blend |
| Gartendirektor Otto Linne | 1934 | Polyantha hybrid | Carmine pink |
| Kletternde Hermann Robinow | 1934 | Pernetiana | Salmon-pink |
| Deutsches Danzig | 1935 | Polyantha | Carmine pink |
| Mozart | 1937 | Multiflora hybrid | Deep pink |
| Aloysia Kaiser | 1939 | Climber | Yellow and red |
| Martha Lambert | 1939 | Polyantha | Red |