Rose and clematis Breeder and Discoverer  

Listing last updated on Fri Jan 2025

Versailles,
France

Georges Truffaut (d. September 25, 1948), elder son of Armand-Alfred Truffaut (1845-1924), nurseryman, Vice-President of the Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France

[From Les Amis des Roses, April-June 1921, p. 209-210:] La Roseraie Georges Truffaut à Versailles.. créée par notre collègue.... en 1912, dans un site complètement dépourvu d'arbres, est aujourd'hui dans toute sa splendeur...

[From The Gardeners' Chronicle, 1948, p. 146:] Monsieur Georges Truffaut... died on September 25, at his home at Versailles, and the interment took place on September 28. The elder son of M. Albert Truffaut, he gained his first experience of horticulture in his father's famous establishment at Versailles and was later employed at Messrs. James Veitch and Sons' nurseries at Chelsea. In 1897 M. Georges Truffaut founded his own business...