Vulgaris lilacs also known commonly as French Hybrid lilacs are amongst the most reminnescent of our childhood memories and filled with large clusters of flowers and wonderful fragrance. Over the years many new cultivars have been crossed and this group represents the most work done of any. All these sections will take time to set up with as many photos available to us. We want everyone to explore the possibilities of lilacs and enjoy the colors. Lilacs are purchased for various reasons. It may be the date, fragrance, name or color. Each of us has a special reason for the connection.
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Lilac
A
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
'Aleksei Maresev'
single blue 
to lavender
Kolesnikov
Russia
1951
Z3-7
{‘Gastello’ × (‘Fürst Bülow’ × Kolesnikov ¹ 105)}
H8-12'
no 
'Alvan R. Grant'
 single 
purple
Fenecchia
USA
 1996
Z3-7
 {‘Rochester’ × ‘Madame Charles Souchet’}
H8-12'
 no
'Arch Mckean'
 single
magenta
Fiala
USA
1984 
Z3-7
{‘Agincourt Beauty’ × ‘Rochester’} 
H8-12'
yes 
'Atheline Wilbur'
 Double
magenta
 Fiala
USA
 1979
 Z3-7
 {(‘Rochester’ × ‘Edward J. Gardner’) × ‘Rochester’}
 H8-12'
yes
'Avalanche'
 single
white
Fiala
USA
 1983
Z3-7
 {‘Flora 1953’ × ‘Carley’}
H8-12'
yes

 
Photo
Lilac
B-C
Color
Hybridizer / Country
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
'Belaya Noch'
double pink
Vekhov
1987
Z3-7
 unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Belle de Nancy'
 double pink
Lemoine
France
 1891
Z3-7
 unknown
H8-12'
yes
‘Belorusskie Zori’
single lavender 
to pink
Smol'ski0 & Bibikova
1964
 Z3-7
‘Andenken an Ludwig Späth’ × ‘Hyazinthenflieder’
 H8-12'
no
'Biala Anna'
single white
Karpow-Lipski
1971
 Z3-7
 unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Bluebird' single
blue		 Fiala
USA		 1969 Z3-7 {‘Gismonda’ × ‘Rustica’} H8-12' yes
 ‘Bogdan Przyrzykowski’
 double magenta
 Karpow-Lipski
 1961
 Z3-7
unknown 
H8-12'
 yes
'Congo' 
 single
magenta
Lemoine
France
1896 
 Z3-7
unknown 
 H8-12'
yes 

 
Photo
Lilac
D
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
'Drifting Dream'
double 
violet
Fiala
USA
1985
Z3-7
'Rochester' x 
'Rochester' seedling
H8-12'
yes
'Duc de Massa' 
 double
blue
Lemoine
France
 1905
 Z3-7
unknown 
H8-12'
yes 
'Dwight D Eisenhower'
single
blue
Fenicchia
USA
1969
Z3-7
{‘Rochester’ × ? }
H8-12'
yes

 
Photo
Lilac
E-F-G-H
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
'Edith Braun'
 single
purple
Rankin
USA
 1968
Z3-7
 unknown
 H8-12'
no 
'Edith Cavell' 
 double
white
 Lemoine
France
1916 
Z3-7
unknown 
H8-12'
yes 
'Edward J. Gardner'
 double
pink
Gardner 
1950 
Z3-7
 unknown
 H8-12'
 yes
'Elsie Lenore'
 single pink 
to magenta
Fiala
USA
 1982
Z3-7
 {‘Sensation’ × ‘Sensation’}
 H8-12'
 yes
'Emile Lemoine' 
 double
lavender
 Lemoine
France
 1889
 Z3-7
unknown 
H8-12'
yes 
'Frederick Douglass'
 single
magenta
 Fenecchia
USA
 1972
Z3-7
 {‘Rochester’ × ‘Edward J. Gardner’}
 H8-12'
 yes
'Galina Ulanova'
 single
white
 Kolesnikov
Russia
 1959
Z3-7
 unknown
 H8-12'
 yes
'Gastello' 
 single blue
to lavender
 Kolesnikov
Russia
 1963
Z3-7
 unknown
H8-12'
yes 

 
Photo
Lilac
I-J-K
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
 'Hosanna'
 double
violet
Fiala
USA
 1970
Z3-7
 {‘Gismonda’ × ‘Rustica’; seedling treated 
with colchicine; mixoploid}
 H8-12'
yes 
'I. V. Michurin'
 double lavender
to pink
Kolesnikov
Russia
 1941
Z3-7
 {‘Michel Buchner’ × ‘Grand Duc Constantin’}
 H8-12'
yes 
'Independence'
 single
white
 Fenecchia
USA
 1988
Z3-7
 {‘Rochester’ × ?}
 H8-12'
yes 
'Indiya'
 single
lavender
Kolesnikov
Russia
 1955
Z3-7
 {‘Zarya Kommunizma’ 
× ‘Kolesnikov ¹ 105’}
 H8-12'
yes 
'Kosmos'
 single
violet
 Shtan’ko & Mikha0lov
 1956
Z3-7
 {‘Mrs Edward Harding’ 
× ?}
 H8-12'
 yes
'Krasavitsa Moskvy' 
 double
white
 Kolesnikov
Russia
 1947
Z3-7
 {‘Belle de Nancy’ × ‘I. V. Michurin’}
H8-12'
yes 

 
Photo
Lilac
L-M-N
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
S. vulgaris 
'LECburg'
known as
Burgundy Queen
 single purple
Daniels
USA
mutation of 'Monge' 
1993
Z3-7 
mutation of 'Monge'
H8-12'
no 
'Martha Kounze'
double
pink
Havemeyer
USA
1953
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'McMaster Centennial'
 double
white
 Brown
Canada
 1987
Z3-7
{‘Primrose’ × ‘St Joan’}
 H8-12'
yes 
'Monge'
 single
purple
 Lemoine
France
 1917
Z3-7
 unknown
 H8-12'
 yes
'Monument'
single
white
Lemoine
France
1934
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Mrs A. Belmont'
single
blue
Havemeyer
USA
1942
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Mrs Edward Harding'
double
magenta
Lemoine
France
1922
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Mulatka'
single
magenta
Mikhailov & Rybakina
1980
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
no
'Nadezhda'
 double purple
to lavender
 Kolesnikov
Russia
 1974
 Z3-7
unknown
 H8-12'
yes 
‘Ogni Donbassa’
double
lavender
Rubtzov, Zhogoleva, Lyapunova & Gorb
1956
Z3-7
{‘Charles Joly’ × ? }
H8-12'
no
‘Olimpiada Kolesnikova’
double lavender
to pink
Kolesnikov
Russia
1941
Z3-7
{‘Tamara Kolesnikova’ × ‘Berryer’}
H8-12'
yes
'Olivier de Serres'
double
blue
Lemoine
France
1909
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
‘Ostankino’
single
blue
Shtan’ko & Mikhailov
1956
Z3-7
{‘Maximowicz’ × ? }
H8-12'
no
'Ostrander'
Double
purple
Klager
USA
1927
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes

 
Photo
Lilac
P-Q-R
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
‘Pamyat' o S. M. Kirove
double
lavender
Kolesnikov
Russia
1943
Z3-7
{‘Belle de Nancy’ × ‘I. V. Michurin’}
H8-12'
yes
‘Partizanka’
single
lavender
Smol'skii & Bibikova
1964
Z3-7
{‘Andenken an Ludwig Späth’ × ‘Hyazinthenflieder’}
H8-12'
yes
'Pat Pesata'
single
blue
Fiala
USA
1981
Z3-7
{‘Rochester’ × ‘True Blue’}
H8-12'
yes
'Paul Deschanel'
double
magenta
Lemoine
France
1924
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
no
'Paul Thirion'
double
magenta
Lemoine
France
1915
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Pauline Fiala'
single violet
to white
Fiala
USA
1983
Z3-7
{‘Sensation’ × ‘Flora 1953’}
H8-12'
yes
'P.P. Konchalovskii'
 double blue
to lavender
 Kolesnikov
Russia
 1956
 Z3-7
 {(‘Victor Lemoine’ × 
‘Jules Simon’) 
× ‘Président Poincaré’}
 H8-12'
yes 
‘Pol' Robson’
single lavender
to blue
Kolesnikov
Russia
1965
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Porcelain Blue'
single
blue
Fiala
USA
1981
Z3-7
{‘Rochester’ × ‘Mrs A. Belmont’}
H8-12'
yes
‘Pomorzanka’
single
pink
Karpow-Lipski
1962
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Prairie Petite'
single
purple
Viehmeyer
USA
flowers at a young age
1994
Z3-7'
{from irradiated seed of unknown parentage}
H3-4ft
after 10 years
yes
'Primrose' 
 single
white
 Maarse Jbzn
 1949
Z3-7
 {mutation of ‘Marie Legraye’
H8-12'
yes 
‘Prof. E. H. Wilson’
double
white
Havemeyer
USA
1943
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Rochester' 
single
white
 Grant
USA
1971 
 Z3-7
 {‘Edith Cavell’ × ? }
H6-9'
 yes
'Romance'
single
pink
Havemeyer & Eaton
USA
1954
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Rus'
single
pink
Vekhov
1996
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes

 
Photo
Lilac
S-T-U-V
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
'Sacrament'
single
white
Fiala
USA
1985
Z3-7
{‘Rochester’ × ‘Primrose’}
H8-12'
yes
'Sarah Sands'
 Single
purple
Havemeyer
USA
1943 
Z3-7
 unknown
 H8-12'
yes 
'Sensation'
 single purple and white
 Maarse
 1938
Z3-7
 {mutation of ‘Hugo de Vries’; periclinal chimera}
 H8-12'
 yes
‘Shkol'nitsa’
single blue
to lavender
Shtan’ko & Mikhailov
1956
Z3-7
{‘Prince de Beauvau’ × ? }
H8-12'
no
'Siebold'
double
white
Lemoine
France
1906
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
no
'Spring Parade'
single
lavender
Fiala
USA
1984
Z3-7
{‘Rochester’ × unnamed seedling}
H8-12'
yes
'Spokane'
 double
pink
Ballreich
USA
1995 
Z3-7
 S. vulgaris ‘Tita’ × 
S. ×hyacinthiflora 
‘Mary Short’}
 H8-12'
 yes
‘Saint Jerzy Popieluszko’
single
magenta
Fiala
USA
1985
Z3-7
{‘Prodige’ × ‘Rochester’}
H8-12'
yes
'Silver King'
single
blue
Lemke
1941
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
‘Skromnitsa’
Single pink
to white
Mikhailov & Rybakina
2002
Z3-7
{‘Alenushka’ × ‘Pascal’}
H8-12'
no
'Sonnet'
single
lavender
Fiala
USA
1983
Z3-7
{‘Mrs A. Belmont’ × ‘Flora 1953’}
H8-12'
yes
‘Sorok Let Komsomola’
single
lavender
Kolesnikov
Russia
1963
Z3-7
{(Kolesnikov ¹ 105 × ‘Congo’) × ‘Alphonse Lavallée’)}
H8-12'
yes
‘Sovetskaya Arktika’
double
white
Kolesnikov
Russia
1955
Z3-7
{‘Mme Lemoine’ × (‘Sniezhinka’ × ‘Mme Casimir Périer’)}
H8-12'
yes
'St Joan'
double
white
Blacklock
Canada
1957
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'St Margaret'
double
white
Blacklock
Canada
1957
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Starlight'
to be renamed
'Glistening Stardust'
original name was rejected
single
white
Fiala
USA
none
Z3-7
{‘Rochester’ × ‘Primrose’}
H8-12'
yes
‘Taras Bulba’
double
lavender
Rubtzov, Zhogoleva, Lyapunova & Gorb
1956
Z3-7
{‘Léon Gambetta’ × ? }
H8-12'
yes
'True Blue'
single
violet
Havemeyer
USA
1942
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
'Victor Lemoine'
double
lavender
Lemoine
France
1906
Z3-7
unknown
H8-12'
yes
 ‘Virginité’
 double 
pink
 Lemoine
France
 1888
Z3-7 
 unknown
H8-12'
yes 

 
Photo
Lilac
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery

 
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Lilac
W-X-Y-Z
Color
Hybridizer / Country
notes
Year
Bloom Zones
Parentage
Height
In Production
At
Select Plus Nursery
'Wedgwood Blue' 
 single
blue
Fiala
USA
 1998
Z3-7
 {‘Rochester’ × ‘Mrs A. Belmont’}
H7-9'
yes 
'White Lace'
single
white
Fiala
USA
 1964
Z3-7
 unknown
 H8-12'
 yes
'William Robinson'
double
lavender
Lemoine
France
1899
Z3-7
unknown 
H8-12' 
 yes
'Winner's Circle' double
magenta		 Fiala
USA		 1985 Z3-7 {‘Rochester’ × ‘Mrs W. E. Marshall’} H8-12' yes
'Wonderblue'
 single
blue
Fiala
USA
 1989
Z3-7
 {‘Tiffany Blue’ × ‘Rochester’}
 H7-9'
 yes
‘Yubileinaya’
 single lavender
to pink
Shtan’ko & Mikhailov 
 1956
Z3-7
 {‘Congo’ × ? }
H8-12' 
yes 
‘Zarya Kommunizma’
 single magenta
to purple
 Kolesnikov
Russia
 1951
Z3-7
 {(Kolesnikov ¹ 110 × ‘Andenken an Ludwig Späth’)× Kolesnikov ¹ 105}
 H8-12'
no 
'Znamya Lenina' 
single purple
to lavender
Kolesnikov
Russia
 1954
Z3-7 
 {(‘Congo’ × Kolesnikov ¹ 110) × (‘Congo’ × Kolesnikov ¹ 105)}
H8-12'
yes