Jean Pierre Vibert was a French rosarian.

He first was an owner of a hardware store and served in Napoleon's army. His store was close to the rosarium of André Dupont

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 in Chénevières-sur-Marne, where he gained interest in breeding roses. In 1813 he sold his hardware store and purchased a plant nursery where he could also dedicate his time to his new hobby.

He married Adèle Heu (? – 1816) with whom he had three daughters: Aimée, Adélaide and Théodore.

Vibert was one of the founder

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s of the Société d'Horticulture de Paris (now Société Nationale d'Horticulture).

During his research he discovered the Rosa centifolia cristata (also called "Chapeau de Napoleon") on the wall of a cloister in Fribourg

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 and, in 1827 started growing it in France. He was also the first to grow in France the Parks Yellow Tea-Scented China rose which became important for developing other French cultivar

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In 1850 Jean-Pierre Vibert sold his nursery to M. Robert, who in 1867 dedicated to him the cultivar "Souvenir de Pierre Vibert".

He died on January 27, 1866, age 88.

He created several cultivars, among which were Adèle Heu named after his wife and Aimeé Vibert named after his daughter.

Cultivars created by Jean-Pierre Vibert

• Aimable Rouge (1811),
• Armide (1816),
• Adèle Heu (1816),
• Blanche de Belgique (1817),
• Petite Lisette (1817),
• Duchesse de Berry (1818),
• Diane de Poitiers (1818)
• Jeanne d`Arc (1818),
• Daphné (1819),
• Agathe Fatime (1820),
• Duc de Bordeaux (1820)
• Duchesse d`Angoulème (1821)
• Ipsilanté (1821),
• Joséphine de Beauharnais (1823)
• Amélia (1823)
• Ombrée Parfaite (1823),
• Moussue Ancienne (1825),
• Pourpre (1827),
• Aimée Vibert (1828),
• Camaieux (1830),
• Donna Marie (1830),
• Zoé (1830),
• Cramoisi Picoté (1832),
• Hortense de Beauharnais (1834),
• Blanchefleur (1835),
• Quatre Saisons (1836),
• Agar (1836),
• D`Aguesseau (1836)
• Invincible (1836)
• Anaïs Ségalas (1837),
• Alain Blanchard (1839),
• Panachée Double (1839),
• Oeillet Flamand (1840),
• Cosimo Ridolfi (1842),
• Yolande d'Aragon (1843)
• Comtesse du Murinais (1843),
• De la Grifferaie (1845),
• Ambroise Paré (1846),
• Turenne (1846),
• Blanc de Vibert (1847),
• Joasine Hanet (1847),
• Sidonie (1847),
• Pélisson (1848),
• Soeur Marthe (1848),
• Béranger (1849),
• Nathalie (1849),
• La Ville de Bruxelles (1849),
• Zaire (1849)
• Adèle Pavie (1850)

Publications

• Observations sur la nomenclature et le classement des roses, suivies du catalogue de celles cultivées par J. P. Vibert á Chenevières-sur-Marne - Mme. Huzard, Imprimeur-Librairie, Paris 1832.
• Essai sur les roses. Des inconvénients de la greffe du rosier sur l´églantier et des modifications qu´elle nécessite - Mme. Huzard, Paris 1824-1830.
• Observations sur la Rose "Triomphe de Valenciennes" - In: La Revue Horticole, 3e Serie, Vol. IV, 1850 Paris pp. 42–45
• Des anomalies du rosier - In: Journal de la Société Impériale et Centrale d´Horticulture. Vol XI (1865), Paris 1865 pp. 343–350
• Catalogue des roses cultivées par J. P. Vibertà Saint Denis sur Seine - Mme. Huzard, Imprimeur-Librairie, Paris 1833.