Godron

Lemoine, 1908

‘Godron’, S. vulgaris
Lemoine 1908; D III
syn. – ‘Godroy’, ‘Gordon’, ‘Gudron’, ‘Gudrun’
Lemoine, Cat. No. 170, 30 [1908]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 308 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 49 [1942], 30 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Dominique Alexandre Godron, 1807-1880, French botanist.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Godron Lemoine, Cat, no, 170, 30 (1908), “Fleurs énormes, doubles ou pleines, lilas bleuâtre, à centre éclairé de blanc.” — Havemeyer in Gard. Mag. XXV. 233 (1917).
Introduced in 1908 by the firm of V. Lemoine et fils, Nancy, France, and one of their productions. Havemeyer gives the date of introduction as 1907. See Banquise for the explanation of this difference in dates.
The form of the Common Lilac Godroy listed by Nash (Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. XX. 235, 1919) as a name only is probably a misnomer, according to Mr. Boynton of the N. Y. Botanical Garden (Litt. ined. October 25, 1924). Syringa Gordon listed by Turbat (Cat. 1910-1911, 59) as ” (double) enormous flowers, bluish lilac, with centre lighter white” is, from the description, a misnomer for this form.
Mr. E. Lemoine informs me that this was named for the ex-director of the Jardin Botanique of Nancy, and author of the “Flore de Lorraine.”
Notes on plant in Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N. Y. (received from Lemoine in 1910). Flowers double or semi-double, large; corolla-lobes frequently curling; tone intermediate; color in bud Neutral Red to Eupatorium Purple (XXXVIII.); when expanded Argyle Purple on Light Pinkish Lilac without, Saccardo’s Violet streaked with Pale Lobelia Violet (XXXVII.) within. Clusters open, much branched.

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

Годрон Godron
(Lemoine, 1908)
Бутоны пурпурно-лиловые; цветки светло-лиловые, с голубизной, крупные (до 2,5 см), махровые (2,5 венчика), душистые; лепестки овальные, заостренные, изгибающиеся. Соцветия из двух-трех пар длинных (до 22 см) широкопирамидальных метелок с выделяющимися нижними разветвлениями. Листья удлиненные. Кусты прямые, молодые побеги темно-коричневые. Цветет умеренно, в средние сроки.

«ВИДЫ И СОРТА СИРЕНИ, КУЛЬТИВИРУЕМЫЕ В СССР» Л.И. Рубцов,
Н.Л. Михайлов, В. Г. Жоголева, Киев, Наукова Думка, 1980