Seizo Suzuki

Career

He has been described as one of the leading modern Japanese rose breeders. Suzuki opened Todoroki Rose Garden in Tokyo in 1938. When the Keisei Rose Nursery was created in 1958, Suzuki was asked to lead its research institute.

His most popular cultivars include French Perfume, Gipsy Carnival, Kuroshinju, Mikado and Olympic Torch (syn "Seika").

Achievements

• In 1956, Suzuki achieved his first international success, when his cultivar "Amanogawa" ("The Milky Way"), a yellow floribunda, was awarded a bronze medal at the International Gardening Association Contest in Hamburg.