CULTIVARS AND NAMES OF LAGERSTROEMIA

KELLOGG'S - KIOWA

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KELLOGG’S
(M. Mathias and E. McClintock, A checklist of woody plants of California. p. 33. 1963, without descr.).
= KELLOGG’S PURPLE.

KELLOGG’S PURPLE
(Monrovia Nurs., Azusa, CA. Cat. p. 36. 1955-56): Fls. rich purple.
= KELLOGG’S.

KERMESINA
(Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia , PA. Cat. p. 112. 1874): Fls. fire crimson.

KIMONO®
(Desmartis & Cie., Bergerac , France . Cat. p. 19. 1973-74): Infl. compact, well distributed; fls. pure white. Orig. as hybrid developed in 1960 by Jacques Desmartis, Bergerac, France. Named, trademarked in France, and intro. in 1973 by Desmartis & Cie. Name registered January 15, 1975.
[NOTE: In accordance with the 1995 International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, names that are trademarked are not valid cultivar names. Therefore, the registration of the cultivar name KIMONO is rescinded and the cultivar name DESKIM 082 is registered and approved as of January 1, 1996. International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants - 1995, Principle 6, p. 4. 1995]
= DESKIM 082

KIOWA
(M.R. Pooler and R.L. Dix, HortSci. 34(2):361-363. 1999): Deciduous, multistem tree that has obtained a height of 8.0 m and a spread of 7.5 m in 30 years. Bark exfoliates on sinuous trunks and older branches, exposing a brilliant cinnamon brown trunk (Greyed orange 166B 3). Lvs. elliptical, dark green (Green 137A), 7.5 to 10.5 cm long and 3.9 to 4.6 cm wide, and have yellow (Yellow Orange 20A to Greyed Orange 163B) autumn color. White inflorescences are terminal panicles 9 to 13.5 cm long and 8.5 to 14 cm wide, and appear in late June or early July. Resistant to powdery mildew and hardiness is rated at U.S.D.A. zone 7, possibly into zone 6. This plant orig. from a shipment of nine cuttings of unnamed L. fauriei received from Dr. Y. Tachibana, Botanical Garden of Osaka, City Univ., Osaka Prefecture, Japan, in 1968 (PI 326424). It was evaluated initially on the grounds of the U.S. National Arboretum and selected by D.R. Egolf; intro. in 1994 by U.S. National Arboretum; NA 63419; PI 583789. Name registered November 30, 1994.

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