CULTIVARS AND NAMES OF LAGERSTROEMIA
OKLAHOMA SPRING - OZARK SPRING
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OKLAHOMA SPRING
(Herbarium Specimen, U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium, Washington
, DC): Labeled Lagerstroemia indica L. OKLAHOMA SPRING ( ARK 61-7-1).
(A.E. Einert, University of Arkansas , Pers. Com. 4/25/73 ): Originally planned
to name cultivar OKLAHOMA SPRING but changed it to OZARK SPRING.
= OZARK
SPRING.
OKMULGEE
(D.R. Egolf and A.O. Andrick, The Lagerstroemia Handbook/Checklist
A Guide to Crapemyrtle Cultivars, p. 55. 1978): Semi-dwarf; fls. deep
dark red; hardy through zone 6b. Orig. as seedling selected in 1974 by Otto
Spring, Okmulgee, OK. Named and intro. in 1974 by Tom Dodd, Jr., Tom Dodd
Nurs., Semmes , AL . Name registered November 5, 1974.
OLD WHITE
(Grandview Nurs., Youngsville , LA. Cat. p. 19. 1963-64): Fls.
pure white.
(Earl E. Vallot, Grandview Nursery, Youngsville, LA., Pers. Com.
2/19/74): “We
acquired stock of a cultivar called PURE WHITE, called so because of
the total absence of pink in the flower. We had been growing a white Lagerstroemia which
has been in this area for years. This was an extremely large clustered type
with a tinge of pink - due to the pink of petiole of the flower. To distinguish
the two, we just arbitrarily called it OLD WHITE.
ORBYN ATKINS
(Mrs. J. Donald Walp, Dallas , TX . Pers. Com. 9/14/70):
White fls. With inflorescences 15-18 in. long, tree form, 20 ft. high with
a similar spread. Misspelled as ORBIN ADKINS, ORBIN ATKINS.
ORCHARD LAVENDER
(A.F. Sanford Arb., Knoxville , TN. Cat. & Plt. List
p. 68. 1930, without descr.).
= ? ORCHID LAVENDER.
ORCHID
(Aldridge Nurs., Von Ormy , TX . Cat. p. 19. 1960-61): Upright;
lvs. deep green; fls. Light orchid with a touch of white. Orig. as chance seedling
selected in 1947, named in 1948, and intro. in 1949 by R.C. Aldridge, Jr.,
Aldridge Nurs.
ORCHID LAVENDER
(Ashford Park Nurs., Atlanta , GA. Cat. p. 15. 1923):
Fls. orchid lavender or purple, fades to light lavender.
= ? ORCHARD LAVENDER.
ORLANDO
(Andersen Horticultural Library’s Source List of Plants & Seeds,
University of Minnesota, 4th Edition. 1996:pp. 173-174, without descr., L.
indica variety, as available from G.S. Grimes Seeds, Concord, OH.)
OSAGE
(D.R. Egolf, HortSci. 22(4):674-677. 1987): Deciduous, semi-pendulous,
multiple-stemmed, large shrub or small tree; old branches and trunk chestnut
brown Greyed Orange 175C to 177B 2); lvs. elliptic to obovate, 7-10 cm long
and 2.5-3.5 cm wide, dark green (Green 137A above and Yellow Green 146C beneath),
in autumn red (Red 45A) to dark red (Red 46A); infl. semi-pendulous, 15-20
cm long and 10-15 cm wide with clear pink (Red Purple 62A to 62C, 62D) fls.,
mass floral blooming from June to September; mildew resistant; hardy zone 7b;
orig. in 1972 from the hybridization of (L. indica DWARF RED x L.
fauriei) X (L. indica PINK LACE x L. fauriei); selected
in 1976; intro. in 1987 by U.S. National Arboretum; NA 54980; PI 499826. Name
registered May 1, 1992.
O-SPRING
(C.E. Whitcomb, C. Gray, and B. Cavanaugh, HortSci. 19(5):737-738.
1984): This name was mentioned in HortScience article, “PRAIRIE
LACE Crapemyrtle”, without description. The cultivar OZARK SPRING was
also mentioned so I do not believe that these two are the same thing.
OVALIFOLIA
(R.E. Harrison, Handbook of trees and shrubs for the Southern
Hemisphere, 2nd ed., p. 202. 1959): L. indica OVALIFOLIA. Fls.
deep rich heliotrope.
= L. ovalifolia Teysm. & Binn.
OZARK SPRING
(A.E. Einert and V.M. Watts, Ark. Farm Research XXII(3):3.
1973): Semi-dwarf, upright, rather open-branched shrub, average height of 76
cm following dormant pruning; lvs. elliptic, above Green 137B 2, beneath Yellow
Green 146C, 2.8-4.5 cm long, 1.8-2.5 cm wide, new terminal shoots reddish,
sheds lvs. earlier than other cultivars; panicles 6.5 cm long, 9 cm wide, fl.
buds pink, fls. mid-June, average 27 per panicle, 3.5 cm diam., lavender (Purple
76A), claw red (Red 54A), fades to nearly white (White 155B); hardy zone 7,
may be killed to ground in zone 6; high powdery mildew resistance. Orig. in
1961 by Victor M. Watts, Fayetteville , AR. Intro. in 1973 by A.E. Einert,
Fayetteville , AR. Name registered May 17, 1973. Misspelled as OZARK SPRINGS,
OZARD SPRING.
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