Talk:W. Kordes' Söhne

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I have expanded the stub mainly by translating the German original and its excellent table of roses and their photos. I have also added quotes from the leading writer in English on German roses and the German rose industry. The "bibliography" is out of date because Ashdown Roses no longer exists and their website appears to have been closed down. I will find a substitute. A few of the photos which work on the German site have declined to be imported into the English one. That too will be corrected. Erictimewell (talk)

A better link to the Kordes firm's website has been made. Old photo links which didn't work have been removed and some substituted. Now the site needs its name changed to W. Kordes' Söhne or to W. Kordes & Sons to match the German original and fit the subject matter. Erictimewell (talk)

The name change has now been effected. Next English names of roses should be added to the German ones. `Erictimewell (talk) 00:53, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now working through the alphabet of roses for which Wiki Commons possesses photos; now up to U. Erictimewell (talk) 01:47, 18 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe there is a Kordes rose called 'Walter Schultheis'. When you chase the references they all return to the original Wikimedia photo. There are many roses named after members of the Schultheis family, for instance 'Heinrich Schultheis', but no Walter or Walther appears among them. There is a firm called Walter Schultheis Rosen in Steinfurth. If the textual details of 'Walter Schultheis' are not supplied by the end of the month I'll remove this rose from the list. Erictimewell (talk) 23:20, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Enlarging rose images[edit]

I started to enlarge the rose images for easier viewing, but decided I should discuss my intended edits on the talk page. If anyone feels the images should remain small, please let me know. I will check back in a month, and if the edit has not been reversed, I will enlarge the remaining images. MauraWen (talk) 20:54, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]