Croix de Brahy

Brahy-Ekenholm, 1853

‘Croix de Brahy’, S. vulgaris
Brahy-Ekenholm 1853; S V
syn. – ‘Crux Brahy’, ‘Croix de Broby’
C.F.A. Morren, Belg. Hort. 1:419 [1850]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 282-283 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 46 [1942], 27 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Name: French for cross of Brahy.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Croix de Brahy C. Morren in Belg, Hort, I. 419 (1850), “Le thyrse est d’une délicatesse extrême, large du bas, ni effilé, ni pendant. Les fleurs plus petites, mais plus mignonnes que celles des types, sont remarquables par leur belle forme, plutôt en entonnoir qu’en sous-coupe (hypocratérimorphe); le fond du coloris est un rose clair et tendre, mais à chaque extrémité des divisions, en haut, se dessine en s’effaçant graduellement une belle teinte azurée et le rebord de ces divisions porte un liséré d’un pourpre vif,” as Lilas Croix de Brahy; iv. 67, t. xi. fig. 2 (1854), as Lilas Croix de Brahy. – Gartenflora, III. 60 (1854). – Kirchner in Petzold and Kirchner, Arb. Muscav. 495 (1864). — Wochenschr. Ver. Beförd. Gartenb. Preuss. vi. 88 (1865). Baudriller, Cat. no. 43, 141 (1880), as crux de Brahy and as Lilas commun croix de Brahy. — A. Leroy, Cat. 1887, 26, as Lilas Crux Brahy. — E. Morren and A. De Vos, Index Bibliog. Hort. Belg. 555 (1887).
Morren states that this was obtained by Brahy-Ekenholm, an amateur grower of Herstal, near Liège, Belgium, by crossing Charles X. and Noisette [= Noisettiana alba]. He waited three years to assure himself that the form was fixed and in 1853 gave it for propagation and distribution to Augustin Wilhelm, a nurseryman of Clausen, Luxemburg, Belgium.[K. Koch] (Wochenschr. Ver. Beförd. Gartenb. Preuss. xII. 43, 1869) writes: “Endlich nennen wir die neueren Sorten Croix de Brahy und Victoria, wo die rosafarbenen Blüthen sich durch einen weissen Stern auszeichnen.”
Doubtless the form Croix de Broby listed by Ellwanger and Barry (Cat. no. 2, 43, 1867-1868) and by Parsons (Cat. 1889, 49) is a misnomer. It seems probable also that the form Gloire de Brahy listed by Froebel (Cat. no. 112, 22 [cir. 1890]) and described as “Lilarosa, grossdoldig”‘ is the same.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (grown from cuttings taken June 4, 1895, from plant received from Späth in January, 1888, no. 3003-1 Arn. Arb.). Flowers single, small to medium in size, symmetrical; corolla-lobes cucullate on first expanding only; anthers hidden; tone intermediate to pale; color in bud Neutral Red to Eupatorium Purple to Laelia Pink (XXXVIII.); when expanded Tourmaline Pink (XXXVIII.) without, Argyle Purple streaked with Lobelia Violet (XXXVII.) on center of corolla-lobes within. Clusters compact, conical, medium size.

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

Croix de Brahy, S. vulgaris – Круа де Брахи, Брахи-Экенхольм, 1853 Бельгия, розоватая (V), простая.
Бутоны: розовые
Цветки: лепестки овальные, широкие посередине, с округлыми или слабозаострёнными вершинами, оттенки светлоголубые, белые и светло-синие. Поверхность лепестков неровная, с синей продольной полоской. Тычинки видны
Соцветия: среднего размера, сгруппированные по несколько метёлок в верхней части прошлогодних побегов

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