page_title: List of rose breeders
section_title: K
hierarchical_section_title: List of rose breeders / K
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Rosa 'Iceberg' at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
context_page_description: Some rose growers are known for their particular contributions to the field. These include:
context_section_description: Ketten Frères, (1867–1949) Luxembourg. Ketten Frères was a company based in Luxembourg created by Jean and Evrard Ketten. They notably created Grande-Duchesse Charlotte (1939 Goldmedaille in Rom).
  Hermann Kiese (1865–1923) was a German rosarian. He is one of the founders of the Verein Deutscher Rosenfreunde and was chief editor of the magazine Rosen-Zeitung for five years. Notable cultivars he introduced are 'Tausendschön' (1906), 'Otto von Bismarck' (1908) and 'Gruß an Frankfurt' (1918).
  George Robert Knight was an Australian rose breeder.
  W. Kordes' Sons, based in Sparrieshoop in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, is one of the most innovative rose breeders and growers, and responsible for the early flowering "Frühlings" series, the Kordesii Hybrids and many famous Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses, including 'Crimson Glory' and 'Iceberg' ('Schneewittchen').
caption: 'Iceberg' by Kordes
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