Frederick Douglass

Fenicchia, 1972

‘Frederick Douglass’, S. vulgaris
Fenicchia 1972; S/D III & VI
syn. – ‘Frederich Douglass’, ‘Frederick Douglas’, R74
{‘Rochester’ × ‘Edward J. Gardner’}OR {‘Rochester’ × ’Madame Charles Souchet’}(supported by Hoepfl, similar heritage to ‘Alvan R. Grant’)
Clark, ILS Newsletter, Convention Issue, 7 [May 1972]; Clark, Arnoldia 32(3):133-135 [1972]; Hoepfl & Rogers, Lilac Newsletter 14(7):7 [1988] – as ‘Madame Charles Souchet’ × ‘Rochester’, and S III; Fiala, Lilacs, 103, 108, 219 [1988]; Vrugtman, HortScience 32(4):587-588 [1997]; K. Millham, Lilacs – Quart. Jour. 42(2):60 & ill. 65 [2013]. Noted to have bicolored florets that can be blue or magenta/purple, occasionally multipetaled, with single progressing to double florets.
Named for Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895, American slave, abolitionist leader and author, who once lived in Rochester, NY.
Cultivar name registered 1996; name established and accepted.

Международный регистр названий культиваров
рода Syringa L., сентябрь 2024

‘Frederich Douglass’ R74 has bicolored florets of strong reddish-purple in multiple thyrses six inches tall.

Robert B.Clark. Arnoldia, 32(3), 1972

Syringa vulgaris L. ‘Frederick Douglass’. (syn. R74). Seedling of ‘Rochester’ ♀ × ‘Edward J.Gardner’ ♂, 1964. Seedling flowered first in 1971. Shrub to 2.5 m; suckering freely. Thyrses to 18 cm long and 16 cm across. Florets single, with radial doubling apparent, many partially developed corolla lobes emerging from mouth of corolla; florets to 3 cm in diameter; corolla tube 1 cm long. Flower buds purple-violet (80A, RHS Colour Chart) opening to blue-violet (92B). Flowers fragrant.

Lilac Registration 1996. Freek Vrugtman, Royal Botanical Gardens,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

‘Frederick Douglass’, semidouble blue, 1996 The florets are unusual with twisted, semi-double forets. It is a weak grower, and short-lived. It is named after the famous 19th century abolitionist, who also at one time lived in Rochester, New York.

Kent Millham
Lilacs Volume 42 Number 2 Spring 2013

Frederick Douglass, S. vulgaris – Фредерик Дугласс, Фениккиа, 1972 г., США, пурпурная (VI), простая.
Происхождение: Rochester × Edward J. Gardner
Бутоны: фиолетовые
Цветки: сине-фиолетовые, одиночные, многолепестковые, необычные – с витыми, полумахровыми цветочками (у многих частично развиты лепестки, выходящие из устья венчика), до 3 см; трубка венчика длиной 1 см
Соцветия: до 18 х 16 см
Аромат: приятный
Куст: до 2,5 м, слаборослый, недолговечный
Срок цветения: средний
Назван в честь Фредерика Дугласа (1818-1895), бежавшего из рабства американского лидера аболиционистов и публициста.

“СИРЕНЬ. Каталог сортов”. Наталья Савенко, Москва, 2019