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.Die Welt der Rosen web page on Rosenzüchter Peter Lambert (in German).Charles Quest-Ritson, Climbing Roses of the World, Timber Press, 2003, p.100. .

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.Charles & Brigid Quest-Ritson, The RHS Encyclopedia of Roses, Dorling Kindersley, 2008, p. 237. .

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.Charles Quest-Ritson, Climbing Roses of the World, Timber Press, 2003, p.101. .

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 NameChecked against the online Help Me Find list for the breeder Lambert, Peter.DateTypeColourPhotoMoselblümchen1889Hybrid perpetualRedRheingold1889TeaOrange and yellowKaiserin Auguste Viktoria1891Hybrid teaWhiteMosella1895PolyanthaCream and yellowThalia (by Schmitt)1895RamblerWhiteEuphrosyne (by Schmitt)1896Multiflora ramblerPinkAglaïa (by Schmitt)1895Multiflora hybridLight yellowFrau Geheimrat von Boch1897TeaCream, pink edgesHélène1897Multiflora ramblerLilac pinkOscar Kordel1897Hybrid perpetualCarmine redBalduin1898Hybrid teaRedGroßherzogin Viktoria Melitta von Hessen1898Hybrid teawhiteHerzogin Marie von Ratibor1898TeaYellow blendReichsgraf von Kesselstatt1898TeaPink blendEugenie Lamesch1899PolyanthaYellow blendGoldquelle1899TeaYellow and redHofgartendirektor Graebener1899Hybrid teaYellow blendPapa Lambert1899Hybrid teaMedium pinkLéonie Lamesch1899PolyanthaCopperFrau Syndica Roeloffs1900ChinaDeep yellowSchneewittchen1901PolyanthaCreamKatharina Zeimet1901PolyanthaWhiteTiergarten1901Multiflora hybridDeep yellowFrau Karl Druschki1901Hybrid teaWhiteAschenbrödel1902PolyanthaLight pinkDomkapitular Dr. Lager1903Hybrid teaSalmon-pinkFrau Lilla Rautenstrauch1903Hybrid teaOrange-pinkFreiherr von Marschall1903TeaCarmine-redGustav Grünerwald1903Hybrid teaPinkMorgenrot1903ClimberRedPhilippine Lambert1903PolyanthaPinkSchneekopf1903PolyanthaWhiteThalia Remontant1903Multiflora hybrid climberWhiteAbelle Weber-Paté1904PolyanthaWhiteAdolphe van den Heede1904Hybrid teaCreamEdu Meyer1904Hybrid teaYellowFrau Cecilie Walter1904PolyanthaLight yellowHélène Videnz1904Multiflora hybridSalmon-pinkGruß an Zabern1904Multiflora hybridWhite blendKleiner Alfred1904PolyanthaYellowOberhofgärtner A. Singer1904Hybrid perpetualCarmine redOtto von Weddingen1904Unermüdliche1904ChinaPink blendTrier1904Multiflora hybridCreamAbendstern1905Multiflora hybridWhite blendAugenschein1905Multiflora hybridYellow–whiteDirektor W. Cordes1905Hybrid teaYellow blendGraf Fritz von Hochberg1905Hybrid teaSalmon-pinkHermann Raue1905Hybrid teaSalmon-pinkHerrin von Lieser1905Hybrid teaLight yellowLucien de Lemos1905Hybrid teaLight pinkCarmen1906Hybrid rugosaDark redFrau Ernst Borsig1906Hybrid teaCarmine pinkHerero-Trotha1906TeaYellowLina Schmidt-Michel1906Hybrid teaPinkFrau Alfred Mauthner1907Hybrid teaPinkAvelsbach1908Multiflora hybridRed and yellowFrau Geheimrat Dr. Staub1908ClimberDark redFrau Oberhofgärtner Singer1908Hybrid teaPink blendFrau Oberhofgärtner Luiger1908Hybrid teaPink and whiteFrau Philipp Siesmayer1908Hybrid teaOrange-pinkGroßherzog Friedrich von Baden1908Hybrid teaPink blendParkfeuer1908Hybrid foetidaScarletPhilipp Paulig1908Hybrid perpetualDark redRankende Miniature1908PolyanthaLight pinkRose Benary1908Hybrid teaPink and yellowAdrian Reverchon1909Multiflora hybridCarmine pinkAlsterufer1909Hybrid teaCrimson-carmineBackfisch1909PolyanthaSalmon-pinkBettelstudent1909PolyanthaCarmine-redCineraria1909PolyanthaRedExcellenz Kuntze1909Multiflora hybridLight yellowExcellenz von Schubert1909Multiflora hybridCarmine pinkFrau Alexander Weiß1909PolyanthaPinkFrau Oberhofgärtner Schulze1909PolyanthaDeep pinkFrau Ottilie Lüntzel1909PolyanthaCreamGeheimrat Dr. Mittweg1909PolyanthaPink blendGustel Mayer1909PolyanthaRedHildenbrandseck1909Rugosa hybridCarmine-redKommerzienrat W. Rautenstrauch1909Hybrid foetidaSalmon-pinkLustige Witwe1909PolyanthaCarmine-redMieze1909PolyanthaOrange-yellowMme Léon Simon1909Hybrid teaDeep pinkTip-Top1909PolyanthaOrange-yellowTrierisch Kind1909PolyanthaPink-mauveUnser Peti1909PolyanthaPeach-pinkZigeunerknabe (by Geschwind)1909Bourbon hybridViolet and redExcellenz M. Schmidt-Metzler1910Hybrid teaWhite blendGartenstadt Liegnitz1910PolyanthaPurple-redGräfin Stefanie Wedel1910Hybrid teaWhite blendFreifrau Ida von Schubert1911Hybrid teaDark redFürstin von Pless1911Rugosa hybridWhiteGräfin Marie Henriette Chotek1911Multiflora hybridDark redHauff1911Multiflora hybridMauve blendGoethe (possibly by Geschwind)1911MossScarletSchneezwerg1911Hybrid rugosaWhiteAmalie de Greiff1912Hybrid teaCoral-pinkHeine1912Multiflora hybridWhiteLuise Lilia1912Hybrid teaDark redOriole1912Multiflora hybridYellowArndt1913Multiflora hybrid climberSalmon-pinkBaron Palm1913Hybrid teaRedFrau von Brauer1913Wichurana hybridWhiteFreifrau von der Goltz1913Hybrid teaSalmon-pinkFreifrau von Marschall1913Wichurana hybridLight pinkFritz Reuter1913Multiflora hybridCarmine-redJona1913Hybrid teaRedMannheim1913Hybrid teaunknownÖkonomierat Echtermayer1913Hybrid teaCarmine pinkPrinzessin Adolf zu Schaumburg-Lippe1913Hybrid teaunknownResi Bindseil1913Hybrid perpetualRedSchiller1913Multiflora hybridPeach-pinkLeonie Lambert1913Hybrid perpetualLight pinkDr. Bender1914TeaunknownH. F. Eilers1914Hybrid teaCarmine-redHerzogin von Calabrien1914Hybrid teaCreamKörner1914Multiflora hybridOrange-yellowLessing1914Multiflora hybridPink, white stripesMargarete Heike1914PolyanthaWhitePeter Rosegger1914Multiflora climberCoral-pinkRückert1914Multiflora climberYellowPrinzessin Hildegard von Bayern1914Hybrid teaLight yellowDetlev von Liliencron1915Hybrid foetidaCreamEmmy von Dippe1915Hybrid teaYellow-pinkGeneralin Isenbart1915Hybrid teaPinkGeneraloberst von Hindenburg1915Hybrid teaPink blendGraf Silva Tarouca1915Hybrid teaCarmine-redGruß an Zweibrücken1915Hybrid teaDark redHelene von Zwehl1915ChinaCoral-redKaiser Franz Joseph1915PernetianaOrange–deep pinkKapitän von Müller1915Hybrid teaCrimsonKronprinz Ruprecht1915Hybrid perpetualDark redVon Hardenberg1915Hybrid luteaCreamWeddigen1915Hybrid teaLight pinkGeneraloberst von Kluck1916Hybrid teaCarmine-redGraf Fritz von Schwerin1916Hybrid teaPinkKönigin Maria Therese1916Hybrid teaCarmine pinkKronprinz Wilhelm1916Hybrid teaPink blendWieland1916Polyantha hybridRedGellert1917Multiflora hybrid climberWhiteHoffmann von Fallersleben1917Multiflora hybrid climberApricot blushUhland1917Polyantha hybridYellow-orangeHermann Robinow1918PernetianaSalmon-pinkJustizrat Dr. Hessert1918Hybrid teaPink blendDr. Helfferich1919Hybrid teaRose pinkDr. Ing. H. Blohm1919Hybrid perpetualDark redHeinrich Conrad Söth1919Multiflora hybridDeep pinkLisbeth Stellmacher1919PolyanthaGolden-=yellowAdam Messerich1920BourbonRose pinkMarie Henriette Gräfin Chotek1920Multiflora ramblerCrimsonMosel1920Multiflora ramblerMauveVon Scharnhorst1921PernetianaLight yellowBischof Dr. Korum1922Hybrid perpetualPink and yellowChamisso1922Multiflora ramblerLight pinkFrau H. Stakemann1922Hybrid teaunknownTherese Zeimet-Lambert1923Hybrid teaCarmine pinkGneisenau1924Multiflora hybridWhite blendSt. Ingbert1926Hybrid perpetualWhiteStudienrat Schlenz1926Hybrid teaRose pinkDruschki Rubra1929Hybrid perpetualredAusonius1932Multiflora hybridLight pinkGrimm1932Multiflora hybrid climberLight pinkHeideröslein1932Multiflora hybrid climberSalmon-pinkMosellied1932Multiflora hybridPurple-redRudolf von Bennigsen1932Climberrose-pinkGoldene Druschki1933Hybrid perpetualGolden-yellowReichspräsident von Hindenburg1931Hybrid teaPink blendGartendirektor Otto Linne1934Polyantha hybridCarmine pinkKletternde Hermann Robinow1934PernetianaSalmon-pinkDeutsches Danzig1935PolyanthaCarmine pinkMozart1937Multiflora hybridDeep pinkAloysia Kaiser1939ClimberYellow and redMartha Lambert1939PolyanthaRed

References

Notes

Bibliography Charles Quest-Ritson, Climbing Roses of the World, Timber Press, 2003, pp. 99–105. . The best treatment in English and not just of climbers.

External links Help Me Find list for the breeder Lambert, Peter. The array of photos is incomparable.