Our job, our passion

We are a rose breeder of cut flowers since 1993. You will find here some specifications about our activities of new varieties creation.

How do we proceed  for our research ?

In order to create a new variety of marketable rose, we undertake thousands of hybridizations every year following a severe hybridizations plan. Fruit formation tests for the mother varieties are first undertaken, as well as pollen germination controls.

Up to 80.000 seeds harvested are sowed during the autumn. The plantules coming from the sowings are then studied one by one in the relevant cultivation conditions.

From this huge quantity of rosebushes, we only select between 80 and 100, which will be duplicated to a few specimen and will then be subject to a series of advanced tests for 5 to 6 years. Our severe selection criteria are among the following:

 

- a regular production throughout the seasons
- flowers stability and production consistency
- resistance to fungic and bacterial diseases,
- resistance to transportation and post-harvest conservation
- resistance to refrigerated storage
- satisfying vase hold with the consumer and nice flower opening
- satisfying resistance to unfavourable climate conditions.
- etc...

 

Only those varieties meeting these requirements are duplicated and sent to our agents throughout the world for an additional study of adaptation to the local climate conditions for 1 to 2 years.

Then, after this long and severe selection, only a few varieties will be offered in our catalog for horticulturists.

 

 

 

Our policy

Our approach is mostly based on research for Tea Hybrids that stand out for their original shape and colour, with particular interest for large bud varieties.

Indeed, the market trend for these last years witnesses a decrease in production quantities for Floribunda & Sweetheart roses, as well as a repositioning of demand for large bud varieties.

Moreover, the increase in production costs, and specifically the energy requirements (heating, artificial lighting, CO2...) prompted us to research into varieties more tolerant to cold (satisfying winter production), with a shorter winter cultivation cycle. Varieties such as Vertigo®,  Axelle®,  Elixir®,  Genesis®, etc... are the result of this approach.

Finally, we would like to state that, from an ethic point of view, we refuse to distribute our varieties with producers employing children under the legal age for working.