Beranger

Simon-Louis, pre-1867

‘Béranger’, S. vulgaris
Simon-Louis pre-1867; S VI
L. van Houtte, Cat. No. 121, 41-42 [1867]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 266 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 44 [1942] – as S III; Wister, Lilacs for America, 25 [1953] Named for Pierre Jean Béranger, 1780-1857, French poet.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Béranger Simon-Louis according to Van Houtte, Cat. no. 121, 41, 42 (1867-1868), name only. Ottolander in Sieboldia, II. 187 (1876), “vormt een grooten heester, bloeit zeer mild; groote tros, matig groote bloem, zeer donker wijnrood; uitstekend schoon.”  – Parsons, Cat. [cir. 1879], 49, “Purplish lilac red flowers.” — Baudriller, Cat. no. 43, 141 (1880), “Larges fleurs d’un beau rouge pourpre lilacé; thyrses énormes affectant une forme pyramidal.” – Transon, Cat. 1880-1881, 66, as Syringa Beranger. – Dieck, Haupt-Cat. Zöschen, 78 (1885). — Späth, Cat. no. 79, 110 (1890-1891), “Grossbl., hellviolett mit weissem Stern; Knospe purpur, sehr schön.” Hartwig, III. Gehölzb. 380 (1892). – Simon-Louis, Cat. 1897-1898, 66, with single flowers. – Muskauer Baumschulen, Haupt- Katalog, 1910, 36.
Van Houtte attributes this form to Simon-Louis but does not state whether the plant originated with that firm or whether they merely introduced it. Parsons states that it was a seedling of the form Gloire de Moulins.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (grown from cuttings taken June 5, 1895, from plant received from Späth in January, 1888; no. 2944-I Arn. Arb.). Flowers single, medium size, symmetrical; corolla-lobes cucullate; anthers prominent; tone intermediate; color in bud Dark Perilla Purple to Perilla Purple to Light Perilla Purple (XXXVII.); when expanded Argyle Purple with margins of Light Pinkish Lilac without, Lobelia Violet (XXXVII.), a solid color, within. Clusters open, medium to large.

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