Fiala Remembrance

Margaretten, 1991

‘Fiala Remembrance’, S. vulgaris
Margaretten 1991; D I
syn. – ‘Father Fiala’ (not Ross), ‘Father J. Fiala’, ‘Father John’ (Margaretten, not Brown), ‘Father John Fiala’, ‘Father John L. Fiala’, ‘Fiala Rememberance’, ‘Fr. John Fiala’, ‘John L. Fiala’
{‘Mme Lemoine’ × ‘Edith Cavell’}
Clark, Lilacs – Quart. Jour. 20(3):69 [1991] – as ‘Father John Fiala’ and ‘John L. Fiala’ – erroneously listed as registered in 1989; Knight Hollow Nursery, 1996 Cultured cutting and liner descriptive list – as ‘Fr. John Fiala’; McCown, Lilacs – Quart. Jour. 29(3):75 & back cover [2000] – on p.67 as ‘Fiala Rememberance’; Vrugtman, Lilacs -Quart. Jour. 32(4):149 [2003]; Song Sparrow Nursery, Cat. 53 [2004] – erroneously as a Fiala creation; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Fr John Leopold Fiala, 1924-1990, priest, teacher, scientist, writer and plantsman, Medina, Ohio, USA.
Cultivar name registered 2000; name established and accepted.

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рода Syringa L., сентябрь 2024

Syringa vulgaris L. ‘Fiala Remembrance’ was named for Father John Leopold Fiala [1924-1990] and registered 18 Dec. 2000 by Dr Deborah D. McCown of Knight Hollow Nursery, Inc., 3333 Atom Road, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, USA. The original plant was originated (ca. 1975) and selected (March 1986) by the late Dr Joel Margaretten, Leona Valley, California. Margaretten filed an incomplete application for registration in July 1986 for the name ‘Father John Fiala’. Subsequently this selection has been referred to by the names ‘Father John’, ‘Father John L. Fiala’, and ‘John L. Fiala’. All of which have been rejected since they would be easily confused with S. vulgaris ‘Father John’ (Brown 1993; see HortScience 29(9):972 [1994]). Knight Hollow Nursery received its original plant of ‘Fiala Remembrance’ from Dr Karen Murray, Ameri-Hort Research, Medina, Ohio, in 1991. The cultivar name ‘Fiala Remembrance’ was first published with a description by McCown in Lilacs-Quart. Jour. 29(3):75 and a photograph on the back-cover [July 2000]. – On the 1986 registration form the parentage of ‘Fiala
Remembrance’ is listed by Margaretten as open pollinated ‘Mme. Lemoine’; a subsequent note (Anonymous, Lilacs-Quart. Jour. 20(3):69 [July 1991]) states: “The seed parent is ‘Mme. Lemoine’ pollen from ‘Edith Cavell’, hand pollinated April 1974 by Dr Joel Margaretten . . . .”
Thyrses 16 to 20 cm long; florets radial double, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter with 10 to 12 petals, stamens not visible, florets appear tufted or crested, not flat. Flower bud color cream; fully open florets white; fragrance moderate. Shrubs 1.7 to 1.8 m high, moderately suckering. A Standard portfolio has been opened at Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, but is still incomplete.
Corrigendum
In the Lilac cultivar Name Registration 1999 [HortScience 35(4):549 (July 2000)], there was a typographical error in the parentage of Syringa vulgaris L. ‘Atheline Wilbur’. The correct formula reads: (‘Rochester’ × ‘Edward J. Gardner’) × ‘Rochester’.

Lilac Registration 2000. Freek Vrugtman, Royal Botanical Gardens,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada