Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer

Pfitzer, 1910

‘Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer’, S. vulgaris
Pfitzer 1910; S V
syn. – ‘Frau W. Pfitzer’ (Wister, Lilacs for America, 30 [1953] erroneously lists ‘Gen. Haig’ as a synonym)
common name: Frau Pfitzer in Stand. Pl. Names, 615 [1942] – erroneously as identical to ‘General Haig’ Kanzleiter, Gartenwelt 13:129 [1909]; Wilhelm Pfitzer, Cat., 178 [1911]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 299 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 48 [1942], 30 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer Kanzleiter in Gartenwelt, XIII. 129, t. fig. 2 (1909), “Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer, mit einfachen Blumen, ist von zarter, feiner lilarosaer Färbung. Die Blüten vereinigen sich zu pyramidalen, schlanken Rispen, welche die Pflanze überaus zahlreich überdecken, so dass diese Sorte durch die Reichblütigkeit, verbunden mit zarter, feiner Färbung, besonders schmuckvoll wirkt, auch wegen der reinen Farbe ein beliebtes Bindematerial liefern wird.” – Pfitzer, Hauptkatalog, 1910.
Mr. Paul Pfitzer wrote me on November 7, 1924, that this form is the result of a cross made by his grandfather, Mr. Wilhelm Pfitzer, in his private garden at Stuttgart. It was chosen when in flower from among many other seedlings, then was transplanted and carefully observed for years. Mr. Pfitzer was aided in its choice by several wellknown Lilac specialists. Mr. Paul Pfitzer tells me that it first appeared in the firm’s Hauptkatalog for 1910 which I have not seen.
Notes on plant in Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N. Y. (received from Stepman-De Messemacker in 1912). Flowers single, large, symmetrical; corolla-lobes cucullate; tone pale; color in bud Deep Purplish Vinaceous to Light Vinaceous-Lilac (XLIV.); when expanded Dull Lavender (XLIV.) to Light Pinkish Lilac (XXXVII.) without, Mauvette (XXV.) marked with white within. Clusters long, open, broad-pyramidal.

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