Adelaide Dunbar

Dunbar, 1916

‘Adelaide Dunbar’, S. vulgaris
Dunbar 1916; D VII
syn. – Dunbar no. 200
{‘Aline Mocqueris’ × ?}
Dunbar, Hort. 26:35 [1917], 27:534 [1918]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 249 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 43 [1942], 24 [1953]; Lilacs – Quart. Jour. 21(4): back cover ill. [1992]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Adelaide (Addie) Marie Davis, 1868- x, wife of John Dunbar.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Adelaide Dunbar Dunbar according to Horticulture, XXVI. 35, frontisp. (1917), “It is a full semi-double, with flowers 3/4 to 7/8 an inch across. The unfolding blossoms are maroon or dark crimson, changing to violet red when fully open. They are borne on large compound clusters. The young shoots are dark colored and the unfolding leaves have a dark tinge. Adelaide Dunbar is said to be the darkest colored red Lilac that has yet been introduced to cultivation”; XXVII. 534 (1918). – Dunbar in Florists Exch September 22, 1923, 831, fig. (p. 830),”… It is perhaps the darkest double flowering lilac in cultivation…”; Litt. ined. October 3, 1923, “Flowers semi-double, 3/4 to 7/8 of an inch across; deep maroon in bud, turning to violet red when fully open. Open branching habit.”
Produced by John Dunbar of the Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N.Y. In a letter the late Mr. Dunbar informed me that this was a seedling (no. 200 Dunbar) of Aline Mocqueris, named by him in 1916. “Horticulture” states that Mr. Dunbar named it for his wife.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (plant received from Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N.Y., in November, 1922; no. II,737 Arn. Arb.). Flowers semi-double, occasionally double, large; corolla-lobes irregular, twisted, tone dark; color in bud Dahlia Carmine to Indian Lake (XXVI.); when expanded Auricula Purple (XXVI.) to Mathews’ Purple (XXV.). Clusters long, narrow, open.

“THE LILAC: A Monograph” Susan Delano McKelvey, MacMillan, New York, 1928

Аделаида Данбар Adelaide Dunbar
(Dunbar, 1916). Сеянец от Элин Маскуэрис
Бутоны фиолетово-пурпурные; цветки темно-лиловые, с нижней стороны светлые, средние (2 см), полумахровые и махровые, душистые, с более мелкими закручивающимися лепестками в центре. Соцветия средней плотности, удлиненные, на прочных цветоносах. Листья темно-зеленые, крупные, с сильно вытянутыми кончиками. Кусты высокие, прямые, с темно-серыми побегами; молодые побеги и листья темноокрашенные. Цветет обильно, в средние сроки.