Amoena

Oudin, pre-1846

‘Amoena’, S. vulgaris
Oudin pre-1846; S V
syn. – amena, amaena
Oudin, Cat. 1846-1847, 17 – name only; Wister, Nat. Hort. Mag. 6(1):8 [1927] – as single, blue; McKelvey, The Lilac, 257 [1928] – as S V; Starcs, Mitt. D. Dendrol. Ges. 1928, 40-41 [1928] – as single, pink; Späth, Späth-Buch, 303 [1930] – as S V; Wister, Lilacs for America, 43 [1942] – as S V; Wister, Lilacs for America, 24 [1953] – erroneously as D VI; Rogers, Tentative International Register, 4 [1976] – erroneously as D V; Vrugtman, Lilac Newsletter 4(10):13 [1978] – true identity of plants in cultivation in North America not resolved; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Amoena Oudin, Cat. 1846-1847, 17, name only, as Syringa (Lilas) Amoena; 1849-1850, 6, name only, as Lilas amena. – Kirchner in Petzold and Kirchner, Arb. Muscav. 494 (1864), “Mit dichtblumigen Rispen, dunkler, stark-bläulicher Blumen. Schön.” Jäger, Ziergehölze, 530 (1865). – Regel, Russ. Dendr. 206 (1870). – Koch, Dendr. II pt. I. 266 (1872). – Baudriller, Cat, no. 43, 141(1880), “Magnifique variété à thyrses larges et serrés; fleurs d’un rose foncé lilacé,” as amaena. – Dieck, Haupt-Cat, Zöschen, 78 (1885). – Späth, Cat. no. 69, 114 (1887-1888), “grosblumig, Knospen purp.” Muskauer Baumschulen, Haupt-Katalog, 1910, 36.
Appears without specific or botanical name in Oudin’s catalogue (1845-1846, 6) as Lilas amoena, name only.[K. Koch] (Wochenschr. Ver. Beförd. Gartenb. Preuss. XII. 43, 1869) writes: “Inwieweit Syringa amoena der Gärten hiervon abweicht, vermögen wir nicht zu entscheiden.” He had just written of the Karlsruher Flieder [= Carlsruhensis].
Baudriller calls this the Lilas commun agréable; Kirchner calls it the Schöner Flieder and Nash (Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. XX. 233, 1919) the Beautiful Lilac.
Kirchner and Baudriller disagree somewhat as to the color of this form and I do not know which description is the correct one. L. Henry (Jardin, VIII. 174, 1894) objects to the confusion caused by the use in nursery catalogues of Latin titles without specific name; among those so used he mentions Amoena.
See also the form Macrostachya.
Klinge (Holzgew. Est-, Liv- und Curland, 24, 1883) lists, as a name only, under his S. vulgaris q. hybrida hort., od[er] Amb[roise] Verschaffelt a form amoena which he notes is cultivated at St. Petersburg.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (grown from cuttings taken Jine 4, 1895, from plant received from Späth in January, 1888; no. 2931-1 Arn. Arb.). Flowers single, medium to small in size, symmetrical; corolla-lobes cucullate; anthers conspicuous; tone dark to intermediate; color in bud Neutral Red to Hellebore Red to Eupatorium Purple (XXXVIII.); when expanded Tourmaline Pink with margins of Pale Laelia Pink without, Eupatorium Purple (XXXVIII.) mingled with Chinese Violet (XXV.) within. Clusters open, large, numerous.

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

‘Amoena’, Oudin, pre-1846
Бутоны длинные, ярко-розовые. Цветки розовые, диаметром 2 см. Соцветия 16 см, состоящие из 2 пар метелок. Кусты высокие и широкие.

Татьяна Полякова, Highland Botanical Park, Рочестер, Нью-Йорк, 2013 год

Amoena, S. vulgaris – Амоэна, Удан (Oudin), ранее 1846 г., Франция, розоватая (V), простая.
Бутоны: малиновые
Цветки: средние или небольшие, более тёмные снаружи, светло-розовые изнутри, выцветают до всё более белого. Тычинки видны
Соцветия: большие, рыхлые, мягкого розового цвета
Листья: светло-зелёные, вытянутые, с розоватым оттенком
Куст: широкий, среднерослый
Примечания: хорошо размножается корневыми отпрысками

“СИРЕНЬ. Каталог сортов”. Наталья Савенко, Москва, 2019