Lavender Lady

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Lammerts, 1953

‘Lavender Lady’, S. ×hyacinthiflora
Lammerts 1953; S VII
syn. – ‘Monis’
Lammerts, US Plant Patent No. 1,238 [Jan. 5, 1954] – parentage information incomplete; Wister, Arnoldia 23(4):81 [1963] – as S. vulgaris L. × S. laciniata Mill.; Monrovia Nur., Cat., 81, 83 [1968] – as S. vulgaris; Monrovia Nur., Cat., 107 [1988] – erroneously as LAVENDER LADY™ ‘Monis’; Pringle, Lilacs – Quart. Jour. 24(4):97-99 [1995] – as S. ×hyacinthiflora; Vrugtman, HortScience 31(3):328 [1996] – registration correction to S. ×hyacinthiflora; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
cultivar name registered 1963; name established and accepted.

Международный регистр названий культиваров рода Syringa L.

Parentage: Seedling.
Seed parent. — An unnamed seedling of an unnamed early-leafing variety identified as C112.
Pollen parent. — Another unnamed seedling of the early-leafing variety identified as C112.
Blooming habit: Early; usually from about March 25th to April 20th in southern California; in full flower and leaf about April 2nd.
Bud: Individual florets of cluster.
Size. — Large.
Form. — Short, with flat top; globular-elongate.
Sepals. — Smooth edge. Color — Pansy Violet, Plate 033/2.
Calyx. — Consisting of 4 very small lobes, each about 1/32 inch long and about 1/32 inch wide; calyx tube about 1/16 inch wide and about 1/8 inch long.
Bloom: Individual florets of cluster.
Size, when fully open. — Large; length from calyx tube to center of open floret is about 3/8 of an inch; corolla tube about 1/16 of an inch wide at base, and about 1/8 of an inch wide at top; florets about 7/8 of an inch to about 1 1/8 inches in diameter; corolla lobes about 1/4 of an inch to 5/16 of an inch in width.
Florets borne. — In large clusters, usually measuring from 7 inches to 9 inches in length and from 7 inches to 10 inches in width; clusters consist of many florets arranged in smaller sub-clusters of several to many florets, thus giving very full, wellrounded appearance.
Form. — The individual florets when first open are flat until several days old; then become curled down to about the middle of the corolla lobe.
Petalage. — Single.
Color. — Center near Pastel Lilac, Plate 437; area near midrib Mauvette, Plate 537; color is substantially identical to flowers of the variety “Kate Sessions.”
Petals: Thick; soft; inside and outside satiny.
Shape. — Elongate-rounded.
Lasting quality. — On plant from 5 to 7 days. As cut flowers—from 3 to 4 days.
Plant
Form of plant: Bush.
Growth: Very vigorous; upright; compact. Foliage: Size—large; leaves measure from about 2 inches to 2 1/4 inches wide and from about 2 3/4 inches to about 3 1/4 inches long.
Quantity. — Abundant.
Color. — New foliage: Spinach Green, Plate 0960/1; old foliage: near Spinach Green, Plate 0960/1.
Shape. – Ovate-pointed.
Texture. – Upper side—smooth; dull; somewhat velvety; flat; veins slightly indented. Under side—smooth.
Veins. — Quite prominent on under side.
Edge. — Smooth.
Wood:
New wood. — Color — near Willow Green, Plate 000862, tinged with brown.
Old wood. — Color — greyish-brown.
I claim:
A new and distinct variety of lilac plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its relatively short and mild winter-chilling requirements, by its regular and abundant production of large flower clusters consisting of large individual florets, toy the substantial identify of the color of its flowers with those of the variety “Kate Sessions” (unpatented), by its vigorous habit of plant growth, and by its abundant production of large and attractive foliage.

WALTER E. LAMMERTS. Авторское описание для Патентной службы США

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