Hermann Kiese was a German

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 rosarian known for his breeding

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 of rose

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 cultivar

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Born in Vieselbach, Thuringia

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, Germany

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 on May 8, 1865. He worked for 22 years as gardener for the Johann Christoff Schmidt rosarium in Erfurt

Erfurt

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. In 1904 he started his own nursery in Vieselbach near Erfurt.
Hermann Kiese is one of the founders of the Verein Deutscher Rosenfreunde – VDR (Union of German Friends of Roses). From 1911 to 1916 he was chief editor of the magazine Rosen-Zeitung. Consequently, he shared this responsibility with Friedrich Ries till 1919.

Hermann Kiese died on September 22, 1923

He specialized in hybrid Polyanthas and Climbing Roses

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, but introduced some Hybrid Tea

Hybrid Tea

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Among his numerous creations are:

• Leuchtstern (1899),
• Lohengrin (1903),
• Blumenschmidt (1906),
• Tausendschön (1906),
• Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1907),
• Otto von Bismarck (1908),
• Eisenach (1909),
• Kiese (1910),
• Weisse Tausendschön (1910),
• Deutschland (1910),
• Hermann Lüder (1910)',
• Lilli von Posern (1910),
• Lisbeth von Kamecke (1910),
• Nordlicht (1910),
• Perle von Britz (1910),
• Stadtrat Glaser (1910),
• Wartburg (1910),
• Andreas Hofer (1911),
• Gräfin Chotek (1911),
• Frau Anna Lautz (1912),
• Hackeburg (1913),
• Paula Clegg (1912),
• Grossherzogin Feodora von Sachsen (1913),
• Loreley (1913),
• Andenken an Breslau (1913),
• Grossherzogin Feodora von Sachsen (1913),
• Loreley (1913),
• Ludwig Möller (1915),
• Siegesperle (1915),
• Hindenburg (1916),
• Dannenberg (1916),
• Admiral Tirpitz (1918),
• Gruß an Frankfurt (1918),
• Freudenfeuer (1918),
• Fürst Leopold IV zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1918),
• Gertrud Kiese (1918),
• Fliegerheld Öhring (1919),
• Deutsche Hoffnung (1919),
• Heldengruß (1919),
• Gruß am Weimar (1919),
• Rudelsburg (1919),
• Schön Ingeborg (1921),
• Käthchen von Heilbronn (1922),
• Louis Kahle (1922),
• Vater Rhein (1922),
• Perle von Hohenstein (1923),
• Frau Prof. Gnau (1925),
• Kleine Ech (1925),
• Weiße Echo (1925),

After his death, following cultivars have been attributed to Hermann Kiese:

• Märchen (1927),
• Martin Liebau (1930)

Rosarian Philipp Geduldig named a cultivar "Hermann Kiese" in 1906 to honor the rose-breeder.