A specially bred rose by the famous French florist Louis Leveque, in 1882, named after the wife of Simon Tereshchenko.

Was a gift to Olympiada Tereshchenko from her husband Simon Tereshchenko.

History

A love gift

This rose was specially bred for Simon Tereshchenko’s wife, Olympiada. In 1865 he married a girl from an old szlachta noble family Velentei, Olympiada. So the name “Madame Olympia Tereshchenko” was inspired by her.

Special and unique order in France

The birth of Tereshchenko rose

The breed “Madame Olympia Tereshchenko” was created by the French gardener Louis Lévêque in 1882 and belongs to the group of Bourbon roses. This rose is white, carmine-pink shading or white blend Bourbon color rose, with a moderate smell, collected in inflorescences of 3-6 buds. The size of the flower is medium, terry form (17-25 petals). Origin: ‘Louise Odier’. Details: a remontant hybrid white with pink and nice fragrance rose.

Louis Lévêque and Tereshchenko family

Louis Lévêque is the colleague of Jean Claude Pernet a French rosarian who developed the “Baroness Adolphe de Rothschild” Hybrid Tea rose in 1868, named for Baroness Caroline von Rothschild.

So, Louis from Lévêque & Fils was famous among royal families and dynasties, also developed “Madame Olympia Tereshchenko” rose, which was known to be a romantic gesture by the Tereshchenko family as a gentlemen’s tradition followed in Rothschild and Tereshchenko families. This white, carmine-pink Bourbon color rose, was named for Olympiada Tereshchenko, wife of Simon Tereshchenko.

Unique beauty and flower – Tereshchenko rose