Colbert

Lemoine, 1899

‘Colbert’, S. vulgaris
Lemoine 1899; D VI
syn. – ‘Maxima Colbert’ (?)
Lemoine, Cat. No. 143, 22 [1899]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 278-279 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 46, 53 [1942], 27, 35 [1953] – as ‘Maxima Colbert’, D IV; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Jean Baptiste Colbert, 1619-1683, French statesman, chief minister of Louis XIV.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Colbert Lemoine, Cat. no. 143, 22 (1899), Fleurs grandes, pleines, cocardeau clair. Bellair in Rev. Hort. 1906, 321. Havemeyer in Gard. Mag. XXV. 233 (1917).
Introduced in 1899 by the firm of V. Lemoine et fils, Nancy, France and one of their productions. Havemeyer gives the date of introduction as 1898. See Banquise for the explanation of this difference in dates.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (grown from cuttings taken June 25, 1900, from plant received from Lemoine in April, 1900; no. 4607-1 Arn. Arb.). Flowers double, unsymmetrical, large; corolla-lobes broad or narrow, pointed at apex; tone intermediate; color in bud Neutral Red to Vernonia Purple to Tourmaline Pink (XXXVIII.); when expanded, the outer corolla Tourmaline Pink (XXXVIII.) without, Argyle Purple (XXXVII.) within, the inner corolla Pale Laelia Pink (XXXVIII.) without, Lilac (XXV.) marked with occasional white or rarely with Lobelia Violet (XXXVII.) at throat within. Clusters compact, medium size.

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

Colbert, S. vulgaris – Кольбер, Лемуан, 1899 г., Франция, пурпурная (VI), махровая.
Бутоны: крупные, на тонкой трубочке
Цветки: асимметричные, крупные
Соцветия: компактные, вертикальные, малиново-красные
Аромат: приятный
Куст: 3 м
Срок цветения: средний
Назван в честь Жана-Батиста Кольбера (16191683), французского государственного деятеля, главного министра Людовика XIV.

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