De Louvain

origin not known, pre-1855

‘De Louvain’, S. vulgaris (not ‘Louvain’, S. ×hyacinthiflora)
origin not known pre-1855; S V
syn. – ‘Lavanensis’, ‘Louvainiensis,’ ‘Lovanensis’, ‘Lovaniensis’
common name: Louvain
Dauvesse, Cat. No. 20, 24 [1855] – as Lilas de Louvain, name only; Stand. Pl. Names, 486 [1923] – as Louvain (common name); McKelvey, The Lilac, 286-287 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 46 [1942], 27 [1953] – as S IV; Wister, Arnoldia 23(4):81 [1963] – erroneously as ‘Louvin’; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for the town of Louvain, capital of the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium (French: Louvain; Flemish: Leuven; German: Löwen).
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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рода Syringa L., сентябрь 2024

De Louvain Dauvesse, Cat. no. 20, 24 (1855), as Lilas de Louvain, name only; no. 24, 42 (1859), as Syringa De Louvain, De Louvain Lilac, name only. – Ellwanger and Barry, Cat. no. 2, 42 (1867-1868), “a very fine variety; a profuse bloomer; flowers light purple, very distinct,” as Lilac, Syringa, De Louvain; 1900, 88, fig., “Flowers single, silvery pink, a distinct and beautiful shade; panicles large and very erect, showing off the individual flowers to good advantage,” as Lovaniensis. – Van Houtte, Cat. no. 117, 12 (1867), as Lovaniensis; no. 225-L, 43 (1887-1888), as Lovanensis. – Ellwanger in Horticulturist, 1875, 98, “A strong grower and profuse bloomer; flowers light purple and very distinct.” – Transon, Cat. 1880-1881, 66, as Syringa Lavanensis. – Baudriller, Cat. no. 43, 143 (1880), ” Variété bien distincte par ses fleurs rose carné passant au blanc, ” as Lilas commun de Louvain and as Lovanensis. Dieck, Haupt-Cat. Zöschen, 78 (1885), as Lovanensis. – Späth, Cat. no. 69, 115 (1887-1888), as Lovaniensis. – Henry in Jardin, viII. 175 (1894), ” Fleurs mauve rosé clair, coloris très frais, pâlissant et devenant presque blanc à la fin de la floraison,” with single flowers, as De Louvain (Lovanensis). – Simon-Louis, Cat. 1900-1901, 67, “carné,” with single flowers, as Lovanensis. – Dunbar in Gard. Mag. I. 233 (1905), “silvery pink,” with single flowers, as Lovaniensis. – Muskauer Baumschulen, Haupt-Katalog, 1910, 37, as Louvainiensis Hort. – Felix and Dykhuis, Cat. [cir. 1925], 26, “s” [= einfach = single], “zart lila,” as Syringa, Flieder, Lavoniensis.
L. Henry (Jardin, VIII. 174, 1894) objects to the confusion caused by the use in nursery catalogues of Latin titles without specific name; among such he cites Lovanensis.
Louvain has been adopted as approved common name by “Standardized Plant Names” (486, 1923).
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (grown from cuttings taken June, 1900, from plant received from Spith in January, 1888; no. 2929-I Arn. Arb.). Flowers single, medium size, symmetrical; corolla-lobes cucullate; anthers visible but not prominent; tone pale; color in bud Deep Purplish Vinaceous to Vinaceous-Lilac to Light VinaceousLilac (XLIV.); when expanded Laelia Pink with margins of Pale Laelia Pink (XXXVIII.) without, Pale Lilac tinged with Light Lobelia Violet (XXXVII.) within. Clusters large, open, somewhat conical, numerous.

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

Де Лувен De Louvain (Louvaniensis)
(pre 1859)
Бутоны мелкие; цветки светло-лиловые, средние (1,8 см), простые, со специфическим запахом. Соцветия из одной-двух пар метелок, отдельные метелки плотные, довольно прочные, с сильно выступающими разветвлениями. Листья темно-зеленые. Кусты высокие. Цветет умеренно, в поздние сроки.

«ВИДЫ И СОРТА СИРЕНИ, КУЛЬТИВИРУЕМЫЕ В СССР» Л.И. Рубцов,
Н.Л. Михайлов, В. Г. Жоголева, Киев, Наукова Думка, 1980