Excel

Skinner, 1932

‘Excel’, S. ×hyacinthiflora
Skinner 1932; S IV
syn. – ‘Excell’, BLUE LAGOON (trade name used for cut flowers of this cultivar)
{S. oblata subsp. dilatata × S. vulgaris}
USDA Inventory No. 113, p. 14, No. 101379 [Sept. 1934]; Skinner, Dropmore, Cat. 37 [1935]; Woody Plant Register, AAN, No. 56 [1949]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 48 [1942], 29 [1953]; Skinner, Hort. Horizons, 49, 109 [1966] – as ‘Excel’ and ‘Excell’; Condit, Lilacs – Quart. Jour.19(4):74, front cover color ill. [1990]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.
Forcing cultivar in the Netherlands.