On Your Gal Friday episode, Phoebe and I talked about amazing Julia Child. Among her many accolades was having a rose named after her. I mentioned (without out really thinking about it too much) that I would love to have one. Well, a few months later, for my birthday, my husband gifted me not only a Julia Child rose but a Frida Kahlo rose bush. That got me thinking what other roses are named after amazing gals of the galaxy?
Tiny history
The first ever rose to be named after a person was Dorothy Perkins (also known as the Rambling Rose). Charles Perkins named the rose after his great-granddaughter and the rose won first prize at the Royal National Rose Society in 1908.
Roses Named After Famous Women
Dame Judy Dench – Actress
Diana, Princess of Wales – British Royalty
Empress Josephine – Wife of Napoleon I
Ingrid Bergman – Actress
Anna Pavolva – Famous Russian Ballet Dancer
Natasha Richardson – Actress
Grace Kelly – Princess of Monaco & Actress
Jane Austen – Author
Ann Boleyn – one of Henry VIII wives
Audrey Hepburn – Actress
Barbra Streisand – Singer & Actress
Julia Child – Chef
Betty White – Actress
Doris Day – Actress
Elizabeth Taylor – Actress
Gertrude Jekyll – British Gardener
Gina Lollobrigida – Italian Actress
Marilyn Monroe – Actress
Frida Kahlo – Painter
Octavia Hill – Social Reformer
Emily Carr – Author & Artist
Princess Aiko – Japanese Royalty
Judy Garland – Actress
Vanessa Bell – Artist & Designer
Dolly Parton – Singer & Actress
Lynn Anderson – Country Singer
Agatha Christie – Author
Reba McEntire – Singer
Marie Curie – Scientist
Florence Nightingale – Nurse
Amelia Earhart – Aviator
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