Lilac cultivars collection

At the first phase of the project "Our courtyard is our green home", fourteen lilac bushes were planted. It was desided to create a collection of Suringa vulgaris culrivars that will include cultivars of foreign and Ukrainian selection.

We present you the lilac collection and its sponsors:

Madame Lemoine

The flowers are light cream. Double-flowered. The cultivar was bred in the French nursery of Victor Lemoine, and is named after his wife. The end of the 19th century.

Sponsor: Ходякова Наталія

President Grevy

The flowers are blue. Single-flowered. Bred at the Lemoine nursery in 1886.

Sponsor: Slobodyanyuk Iryna

Sensation

This cultivar is known for its flowers. They are dark purple with a white edging. Single-flowered. The cultivar was bred in 1938 by the Dutch breeder Dirk Maarsen.

Sponsor: Tkachenko Kateryna

Primrose

The flowers are light yellow. Single-flowered. Initially, buds are greenish-yellow, later light yellow. As the plant ages, the color of the bloom becomes more intense.

Sponsor: Slobodyanyuk Iryna

Taras Bulba

The flowers of the cultivar are dark purple. Double-flowered. Bred in 1956.

Sponsor: Щукин Ігор

Vohni Donbasu

The flowers are dark purple, large. Double-flowered. Petals with a slightly raised, lighter edge. Bred from the cultivar Charles Joly in 1956.

Sponsors: Сім'я Мельникових

Charles Joly

The flowers are purple and fragrant. Double-flowered. Is considered to be one of the best cultivars of dark lilac. Bred at the Lemoine Nursery in 1896.

Sponsor: Віталій Решетніков

Marechal Foch

Single-flowered. The petals are pink at first, later purple. Flowering is long-lasting and fragrant. Bred in 1924, France.

Sponsor: Mykola

Lesya Ukrainka

The flowers are white and large. Double-flowered. Inflorescences are heavy and wide. Ukrainian selection. Author: senior researcher at the Hryshko National Botanical Garden. Registered in 1996.

President Loubet

The flowers are purple. The buds are dark crimson. Double-flowered. Bred in 1901 by Victor Lemoine, named after the eighth president of France.

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

The flowers are large, reddish pink. Double-flowered. Ukrainian selection, bred in 1954 by the chief architect of the Kyiv Botanical Garden.

Charles X

The flowers are purple. Single-flowered. Inflorescences are very dense. The exact origin of the cultivar is unknown. Named after the King of France.

Beauty

The flowers are whitish pink. Very fragrant. Double-flowered.

Reaumur

Purple flowers. Bred in 1904 by Victor Lemoine, named after the French scientist. Single-flowered.