Général Drouot

Lemoine, 1890

‘Général Drouot’, S. vulgaris
Lemoine 1890; S IV
syn. – ‘General Druot’
common name: General Drouot
Lemoine, Cat. No. 116, 9 [1890]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 301 [1928]; Stand. Pl. Names, 615 [1942] – as General Drouot; Wister, Lilacs for America, 48 [1942] – as S VII; Wister, Lilacs for America, 30 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Comte Antoine Drouot, 1774-1847, French soldier and general of artillery, “le Sage de la Grande Armée” according to Napoléon.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Général Drouot Lemoine, Cat, no. 116, 9 (1890), “Fleurs très grandes, violet vin rougeâtre très foncé.” – Havemeyer in Gard. Mag, xxv. 233 (1917). Introduced in 1890 by the firm of V. Lemoine et fils, Nancy, France, and one of their productions. Notes on plant in Dept, of Parks, Rochester, N. Y, (received from Stepman-De Messemaeker in 1914), Flowers single, large; corolla-lobes narrow; tone dark to intermediate; color in bud Perilla Purple to Light Perilla Purple (XXXVII.);. when expanded Bishop’s Purple with occasional margins of Light Pinkish Lilac without, Bishop’s Purple (XXXVII.) marked with Mauve (XXV.) at throat within. Clusters narrow, open, long.

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