Erzherzog Johann

origin not known, pre-1864

‘Erzherzog Johann’, S. vulgaris
origin not known pre-1864; S IV
syn. – ‘Archduke John’, ‘Erherzog Johann’, ‘Erzerhog Johann’
Petzold & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav., 495 [1864]; Moore, Lilacs, 140 [1903] – as ‘Archduke John’; McKelvey, The Lilac, 297 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 36, 48 [1942], 29 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Archduke Johann of Austria, 1782-1859, a well-respected mountaineer for whom also the orchid Nigritella archiducis-joannis was named.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

Международный регистр названий культиваров
рода Syringa L., сентябрь 2024

Erzherzog Johann Hort, according to Kirchner in Petzold and Kirchner, Arb. Muscav. 495 (1864), “Rispe sehr grossblumig, lilaroth; Blumen mittelgross, stark gerundet.” Jäger, Ziergehölze, 530 (1865). – Dieck, Haupt-Cat. Zöschen, 78 (1885). – Späth, Cat. no. 79, III (1890-1891), ” hell-lila-rosa.” – Hartwig, III. Gehölzb. 380 (1892).
Notes on plant in Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N. Y. (received from Späth in 1892). Flowers single, small; corolla-lobes cucullate; tone pale; color in bud, corolla-tube Deep Dull Lavender (XLIV.), corolla-lobes Grayish Olive (XLVI.); when expanded Dull Lavender (XLIV.) without, Light Lobelia Violet with markings of Pale Lobelia Violet (XXXVII.) within. Clusters open, broadly pyramidal.

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