It takes approx. 900 kg (2000 lbs) of roses to obtain 1 kg (2 lbs) of essential rose oil. Christian Dior grows its own rose varieties. For example, the most famous Dior rose, the Granville Rose, originally a wild rose, was hybridized seven times to enhance its vitality. Over the course of 9 years, Dior science then translated the rose’s vitality into active cosmetic ingredients, capturing, in particular, the rose’s anti-inflammatory properties for cosmetic products designed to combat the aging process.Eight hundred Granville rose bushes are organically grown in a Dior garden of the Loire Valley. The Christian Dior Museum, which purchased Dior’s childhood seaside residence Les Rhumbs and its adjoining rose garden, is located in Granville, the city that eponymizes this famous Dior rose.
The Rose de Granville, bred by Jérôme Rateau, was awarded US plant patent PP24658, titled Floribunda rose plant named ‘Evanrat’. The patent uncovers the many names of the Granville Rose. The Latin name of the plant is Rosa hybrida. The varietal name is Evanrat. The registered trademarked name of the plant is Jardin de Granville®. The exhibition name of the plant is Rose de Granville. The rose is pink and it ages to white.
The patent recites the artificial pollination that was used, in France, to crossbreed the rose into a unique varietal. A varietal designed to be different from both its Auscent Floribunda, female, or seed parent, and Dorblant Tea hybrid, male, or pollinating parent. Through horticultural research, identification of a single plant, selected from the crossbreeding, was found to exhibit the desired differences from each parent. In particular, the plant selected displayed attractive ornamental properties for gardens, parks, public areas, and residences, as well as prolific growth. Asexual propagation of the plant in France then demonstrated the stable characteristics of the new varietal, from one generation to the next, thus creating a true-to-type variety, that was named ‘Evanrat’.
In reference to the photographs included as Figures, the patent further describes all the characteristics of the variety in horticultural detail, such as: growth habit, blooming habit, width, height, color, length and diameter; the characteristics of the leaves, stipules, petiole and rachis; and the characteristics of inflorescence, including all the petal dimensions such as petal length, petal width, petal shape, petal reflexing, petal undulation, petal crenelage, petal texture, petal number and petal drop.
The abstract of the Granville Rose plant patent is included below, together with the patent Figure 4 photograph. The photograph shows in great detail all of the different parts of the new varietal. An index of the parts referenced in the photograph is included next to the patent Figure 4. An image of the divine Granville Rose is also included above.
A new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant is provided that forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive double blossoms that are light pink in coloration. The buds are pointed and oval in configuration. The vegetation is strong and vigorous and a rounded and bushy growth habit is displayed. The ornamental foliage is dark green with a glossy upper surface and contrasts well with the light pink blossoms. The plant is particularly well suited for providing attractive ornamentation. [Abstract PP24658 ]
1 two-year twig.
2 twig of the year
3 young shoot
4 - 6 leaves presented respectively by their under surface 4a, 5a, 6a, and 5, and upper surface 4b, 5b, and 6b.
7a - 7m various stages of the new varietal flower blooming
7e - 7m time is approximately 6 days.
8 -12 are petals of the same three days old flower, respectively showing their external surface 8a to 12a and their inner side surface 8b to 12b.
Petals on the left, of a slightly darker color, correspond to those at the center of the flower. Petals on the right of the figure are those at the periphery 15 of the flower.
13 sepals
13a lower sepal surface
13b upper sepal surface
14 stamens
15 pollen
16 pistils.
Scale in centimeters is also included in Fig. 4.[Indexing information extracted from PP24658 ]
References
Christian Dior Museum in Granville
http://www.musee-dior-granville.com/
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