NAMED: Rochester Lilac

Rochester Lilac "Rochester (Syringa vulgaris) - Rochester is perhaps the greatest lilac to date, due to its hybridization qualities, and the unique radid doubling on some of its florets. Some individual florets may have up to 25 pedals and the white flower cluster have been compared to candleedra.

 

Rochester is a Highland Park hybrid and has been the parent of many lilacs." Found on information plaque next to actual plant. The Rochester’ lilac is a seedling of ’Edith Cavell’. It was raised at Highland Park, Rochester, New York, by Richard A. Fenicchia, Superintendent of Horticulture. The seedling plant was slow to develop, but its dwarfness and glistening white flowers attracted attention. This cultivar is slow to propagate and therefore is not likely to become popular.

 

However, ’Rochester’ possesses two noteworthy characteristics : the florets are often five lobed or petaled (in

freaks sometimes seventeen develop) and the color is of

good substance, that is, slow to fade.

 

Journal Article

The 'Rochester' Strain of Lilacs

Robert B. Clark

Arnoldia

Vol. 32, No. 3 (May 1972), pp. 133-135

Published by: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Stable URL: www.jstor.org/stable/42954997

Page Count: 3 accessed May,25,2018 www.jstor.org/stable/42954997?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

 

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Lilacs — More than 500 varieties of lilacs — one of the largest lilacs collections in the U.S. — will be in bloom across the park for the festival. Monroe County’s horticulture expert, Mark Quinn, said the lilacs are right on schedule to festoon the festival in purple, pink and white blossoms. www.democratandchronicle.com/story/lifestyle/entertainmen...

 

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