Rosen Tantau (also ''RosenWelt Tantau'') is a rose breeding company located at

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, in the District of Pinneberg in

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It is one of the most important Rose farms worldwide, and has developed a large number of well-known rose cultivars. Founded in 1906 by Mathias Tantau (1882–1953), it became important in the 1930s. In 1948, his son Mathias Tantau jun. (1912–2006) took over. He developed some famous

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s, e.g. 'Polarstern', 'Super Star' or 'Fragrant Cloud', earning many rose awards - 'Fragrant Cloud' was awarded the title ''World's Favorite Rose' in 1981. 1985 Mathias Tantau sold the family business to Hans-Jürgen Evers (1940–2007), who had joined Tantau in 1963. From 2000 to 2007 his son Christian Evers was co-manager of the company he is leading today. The company has about 90 employees and 50 sales agencies around the world. Annually more than two million rose plants are sold worldwide at retail and wholesale, and as many by

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. To date, the company brought more than 350 rose varieties on the market. Together with W. Kordes’ Söhne in

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, the company dominates 50 percent of the world market for cut roses. Rosen Tantau's cultivar 'Black Magic' is one of the most successful rose varieties ever.

Rose cultivars by Tantau (selection)

* 'Johanna Röpcke' (1931) * 'Garnette' (1947) * 'Konrad Adenauer' (1954) * 'Super Star' (1960) * 'Fragrant Cloud' (1963) * 'Polarstern' (1963) * 'Camp David' (1984) * 'Ilseta' (1985) * 'Monica' (1985) * 'Santana' (1985) * 'Diadem' (1986) * 'Bernstein Rose' (1987) * 'Schneewalzer' (1987) * 'Barkarole' (1988) * 'Majolika' (1988) * 'Mirato' (1990) ( "ADR-Rose" 1993, " Rose of the Year" and TGC 1992, "Top Rose" the

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) * 'Pierette' (1992) ("ADR-Rose" 1992) * 'Satina' (1992) ("ADR-Rose" 2004) * 'Schneekönigin' (1992) ("ADR-Rose" 1995) * 'Softy II' (1992) * 'Foxi' (1993) ("ADR-Rose" 1993) * 'Sonnenschirm' (1993) ("President Trophy" England) * 'Tea Time' (1994) ("Rosenkönigen"

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1997-2002 und 2004) * 'Black Magic' (1995) ("Goldene Rose"

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2000) * 'Aspirin-Rose' (1997) ("ADR-Rose" 1995), Gold medal, Barcelona, 2007 * 'Austriana' (1997), Gold medal, Westbroekpark 1997 * 'Ashram' (1999) * 'Pastella' (2004) ("Golden Rose" Baden-Baden 2003) * 'Chippendale' (2005) * 'Heidi Klum Rose' (2005) * Sweet Haze, Rose of the year, 2007

References

* Hans Ferdinand Bubbe: ''Versuch einer Chronik der Stadt und des Klosters Uetersen'' Band 2 (1938) (de) * Karl Weinhausen: ''Die Rose. Ihre Kultur und Verwendung (Ulmer Verlag, 1956)''. (de) * Stadt Uetersen: ''750 Jahre Uetersen'' (1984) (de) * Lothar Mosler: ''Blickpunkt Uetersen'' (Geschichte und Geschichten 1234-1984) (1985) (de) * Agnes Pahler: Rosen : die große Enzyklopädie, Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg 2004, {{ISBN, 3-8310-0590-7, Side 390 (de) *

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