Rochester

Grant, 1971

‘Rochester’, S. vulgaris
Grant 1971; S I
{‘Edith Cavell’ × ? }
Wister, Lilac Registration (mimeogr. suppl.), p. 4 [ca 1967] – as “registered 1965″; Wister & Oppe, Arnoldia 31(3):123 [1971] – correction; Clark, Arnoldia 32(3):133-135 [1971]; Fiala, Lilacs, 92, Pl. 6 [1988]; Grant, Lilacs – Quart. Jour. 22(2):front cover ill. & 29 [1993]; Millham, Lilacs – Quart. Jour. 42(4):130 [2013]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named 1963 for the city of Rochester, New York, USA.
Nota bene: One report of plants not true to name, florets blue with white margins, marketed in the USA; 09 August 2015.
cultivar name registered 1965; name established and accepted.

Syringa vulgaris ‘Rochester’: This is undoubtedly the king of the lilacs developed at Highland Park. ‘Rochester’ is the first variety to display radial doubling, with sometimes over 20 petals on one floret. As a hybrid parent, it often transfers this trait to its progeny. ‘Rochester’ was a seedling of double white variety ‘Edith Cavell’ that Alvan Grant, former Director of Parks in Rochester sowed. It is a dwarf shrub with dark green, glossy foliage that has upright flowers that are pure white.

HIGHLAND PARK-2005, Lilacs Volume 34 Number 3 Summer 2005

S I  Rochester
Рочестер, Grant, 1971
(‘Edith Cavell’ x ?)
Бутоны зеленоватые. Цветки белые, крупные, простые, многолепестные, содержат от 4 до 12 лепестков и более в одном ряде венчика. Соцветия крупные, стройные, средней плотности, прочные. Листья темно-зеленые, плотные, удлиненно-заостренные. Кусты невысокие, раскидистые. Цветет в средние сроки.

«СИРЕНЬ. Коллекция ГБС РАН» И.Б. Окунева, Н.Л. Михайлов, А.С. Демидов, Москва, Наука, 2008