Victor Lemoine (1823–1911)

French horticulturist. Born in Delme to a family that had been gardeners for several generations. Studied at Vic-sur-Seille and travelled and worked in gardens in France and Belgium. Established himself as a florist and landscape gardener and opened his own nursery in Nancy in 1850. Became a prolific hybridiser responsible for many new varieties of lilacs, begonias, pelargoniums, dahlias, clematis, fuchsias, and other plants. Legion of honour of France, 1894.