Duc de Massa

Lemoine, 1905

‘Duc de Massa’, S. vulgaris
Lemoine 1905; D III
Lemoine, Cat. No. 161, 8 [1905]; Kache, Gartenschönheit 5:82 [1924]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 292 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 47 [1942], 28 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

Duc de Massa Lemoine, Cat. no. 161, VIII. (1905), “Thyrses moyens, serrés, droits, à 3 ou 4 branches, fleurs énormes, rondes, régulières, imbriquées, violet clair à reflets purpurins, gros boutons pourpre.” — Möller’s Deutsch. Gärtn.-Zeit. XXII. 383 (1907). — Havemeyer in Gard. Mag. XXV. 233 (1917).
See Plate CXXXI.
Introduced in 1905 by the firm of V. Lemoine et fils, Nancy, France, and one of their productions.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (plant received from T. A. Havemeyer, Glen Head, N. Y. in Octobcr, 1918; no. 7195 Arn. Arb.). Flowers double, extra large, with two corollas and additional lobes at throat; corolla-lobes broad, pointed at apex, opening into a saucer-shaped flower; tone intermediate; color in bud Deep Purplish Vinaceous (XLIV.); when expanded, corolla-tube Lobelia Violet, corolla-lobes Lobelia Violet within, Argyle Purple (XXXVII.) marked with white without. Clusters large, broadly pyramidal, well-filled, with spreading subdivisions, showy, handsome. The flowers are somewhat globular in shape at first, then saucer-shaped, later the corolla-lobes open at a right angle to the corolla-tube and the flower looks rather flat. Occasionally they are single. A somewhat late-flowering form.

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

Дюк де Масса   Duc de Massa   (Lemoine, 1905)
Бутоны густо-лиловые; цветки светло-лиловые, серебристые, крупные (2,5 см), махровые (2-3 венчика), душистые; лепестки с приподнятыми краями и округлыми вершинами. Соцветия из нескольких пар метелок размерами 20х15 см, прочных, густых, широких. Кусты умеренно восходящие, довольно редкие. Цветет умеренно, в средние сроки.

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