About the name
Name. The rose is named after Laurent Cabrol (born 1955) — a French journalist and presenter, a well-known popularizer of meteorology, aviation, nature and agriculture. He worked on TF1 (from 1981 — the longest-serving weather presenter in the history of French television), then on Europe 1. The variety is dedicated to him as someone 'in love with nature' — for many years of popularising climate knowledge and France's rural landscape.
Breeding. IMPORTANT CORRECTION: bred by Dominique Massad (France) for Roseraie Guillot (a Guillot®-Massad collaboration), bred around 2007–2008, in the Guillot catalogue since 2009. Code MASlaucab. THIS IS NOT MEILLAND AND NOT DELBARD (a very common error — because Cabrol is a media personality, users guess a MEI-code). Parentage not disclosed (typical Guillot practice for Generosa). It belongs to the Generosa® Roseraie Guillot collection — a series of modern Anglo-French roses in the style of David Austin, developed with Massad.
Significance. The 6th Dominique Massad variety in our catalogue — alongside Émilien Guillot, Chantal Mérieux, Belle de Segosa, André Turcat, Froufroutante Jackie, Institut Lumière. Massad is a leading modern French breeder who has worked with Guillot since the 1990s. A separate thematic group for the handbook: 'Massad/Guillot — a modern French Generosa'. Natalia's personal choice — it grows in her garden, the catalogue's first 'witness': a variety she grows herself. Often mistakenly attributed to Meilland or confused with other 'Generosa' roses (Versigny, Sonia Rykiel).