Lagerstroemia Checklist: I, J, K

**Cultivar Names of Lagerstroemia (crapemyrtle):**

Names beginning with letters I, J, and K

‘Imperial Pink’ (T. V. Munson Nurs., Denison, TX. Cat. p. 13. 1922-23), listed without description. (Griffing Nurs., Beaumont, TX. Cat. p. 21. 1930): Flowers pale pink, panicles large. Fuchsine Pink 627/1¹.

‘Improved Bright Pink’ (T. V. Munson Nurs., Denison, TX. Cat. p. 13. 1921-1922), listed without description.

‘Improved Cordon Bleau’ (Greenleaf Nurs. Co., El Campo, TX. 23: 1990-91): L. indica “Dixie Series”. Lavender purple; miniature; weeping; 2-3 ft. height and up to 4 ft. spread. Patent pending.

= ‘Cordon Bleu’, ‘Cordon Blue’, ‘Louisa’.

‘Improved Deep Watermelon Red’

= ‘Watermelon Red, ‘Watermelon Red Improved’, ‘Watermelon Rubra’, ‘Watermelon Pink’, ‘Watermelon’, ‘Bright Red’, ‘Deep Pink’, ‘Griffing’s Watermelon Pink’, ‘Griffing’s Watermelon Red’, ‘Hardy Watermelon Red’, ‘Red Star’.

‘Ingleside Pink’ (Ingleside Plantation Nurs., Oak Grove, VA. Cat. p. 19. 1964): Plant tends to be shrubby; specimen to 20 ft.; flowers clear pink, persistent bloomer throughout summer and fall. Hardy zone 7. Originated as an old locally grown selection discovered and introduced in early 1960’s by Carl F. Flemer, Jr., Oak Grove, VA. Name registered April 30, 1974.

‘Ingleside White’ (Ingleside Plantation Nurs., Oak Grove, VA. Cat. p. 37. 1966-67): Plant leggy shrub, specimen to 25 ft.; flowers white. Hardy zone 7. Originated as an old locally grown selection discovered and introduced in 1966 by Carl F. Flemer, Jr., Oak Grove, VA. Name registered April 30, 1974.

‘Intermedia’

(S. Percy-Lancaster, Proc. & Jour. Agr. Hort. Soc. India. p. 20. 1920): Flowers pale pink, large inflorescences.

‘Issai-Sarusuberi’ (Katsuo, Kiyoshi, Plant Patent, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Sept. 1, 1992. P.P. #7,957): Information derived from background information given for Plant Patent 7,957. The pollen parent, ‘Issai-Sarusuberi’, is a well-known and popular crapemyrtle plant and is under no protection, such as a patent or plant variety protection certificate. Tree-Performance: upright. (hill spread)/tree height) ratio: 0.43. Tree form: obovoid. Tree height (cm): Shrub (130.0). Branching Habit: sparse. (number of branches on a main trunk): 4.4. Number of inflorescences per one cluster: little-3.5. Number of flowers per one inflorescence: medium-26.0. Petal color: vivid red purple (JHS Color Chart 9507) or RHS Colour Chart 71B.

JACQUELINE DESMARTIS®

= ‘Desjac 124’ JACQUELINE DESMARTIS®.

‘JD818’ (U.S. Plant Patent #22,697): Deciduous, multiple, or single stemmed shrub to small tree to 1.8 to 3 m tall and 1.8 to 3 m wide; leaves 32 to 47 mm long and 16 to 24 mm wide, young leaves emerge Green 137C on upper surface and Yellow-Green 146C on lower surface, mature to Green 137A on upper surface and Green 146B on lower surface; inflorescences 12.7 to 17.8 cm long and 10.2 to 12.7 cm wide, flowers 16 to 22 mm long and 31 to 44 mm wide, emerge and mature Purple 76A. Originated from open pollinated seedling of ‘Yuma’ in Milton, Fla. (Flowerwood Nursery Inc. Catalog, 2013/2014): “Early Bird Crapemyrtles begin blooming as early as Mother’s Day, much earlier than other summer-blooming crapemyrtles, then rebloom for 100-120 days of color. 5-8’ H x 3-4’ W.” Named and introduced by John McNair Davy. Name registered January 24, 2014.

= ‘JD818’ EARLY BIRD™ LAVENDER.

‘JD827’ (U.S. Plant Patent #22,718): Deciduous, multiple, or single stemmed shrub to small tree to 1.8 to 3 m tall and 1.5 to 2.4 m wide; leaves 27 to 43 mm long and 17 to 28 mm wide, young leaves emerge Green 137B on upper surface and Yellow-Green 146C on lower surface, mature to Green 137A on upper surface and Green 146B on lower surface; inflorescences 12.7 to 17.8 cm long and 10.2 to 12.7 cm wide, flowers 16 to 22 mm long and 31 to 44 mm wide, emerge and mature Purple 78A. Originated from open pollinated seedling of ‘Zuni’ in Milton, Fla. (Flowerwood Nursery Inc. Catalog, 2013/2014): “Early Bird Crapemyrtles begin blooming as early as Mother’s Day, much earlier than other summer-blooming crapemyrtles, then rebloom for 100-120 days of color. 5-8’ H x 3-4’ W.” Named and introduced by John McNair Davy. Name registered January 24, 2014.

= ‘JD827’ EARLY BIRD™ PURPLE

‘JD900’ (U.S. Plant Patent #22,698): Deciduous, multiple, or single stemmed shrub to small tree to 1.8 to 3 m tall and 1.8 to 3 m wide; leaves 25 to 43 mm long and 16 to 28 mm wide, young leaves emerge Green 137C on upper surface and Yellow-Green 146D on lower surface, mature to Green 137A on upper surface and Green 146B on lower surface; inflorescences 12.7 to 17.8 cm long and 10.2 to 12.7 cm wide, flowers 13 to 19 mm long and 31 to 38 mm wide, emerge Red-Purple 62D and mature White 155C. Originated from open pollinated seedling of ‘Acoma’ in Milton, Fla. (Flowerwood Nursery Inc. Catalog, 2013/2014): “Early Bird Crapemyrtles begin blooming as early as Mother’s Day, much earlier than other summer-blooming crapemyrtles, then rebloom for 100-120 days of color. 5-8’ H x 3-4’ W.” Named and introduced by John McNair Davy. Name registered January 24, 2014.

= ‘JD900’ EARLY BIRD™ WHITE

JEANNE DESMARTIS®

= ‘Desjan 086’ JEANNE DESMARTIS®.

‘Jet Stream’ (Greenleaf Nursery Co., El Campo, TX. Cat. Fall 1979-Spring 1980): Tall, white. (Leon R. Macha, Greenleaf Nursery Co., El Campo, TX. Letter, 10/8/79): “We call this variety ‘Jet Stream’ for lack of a better name. We feel it might be ‘Glendora’.”

‘Jinhuang’ (HortScience 51(5): 595-596, May 2016; originally submitted to the ICRA as an unlabeled publication, received May 14, 2014, using the tentative name ‘Jinwei’, and listed in error as accepted for registration under that name): “In 2003, a yellow-leaf bud mutant of the Lagerstroemia indica cultivar Fenjing, was found by Dr. Ya Li. And then the mutant was reproduced using hardwood cuttings. All clones were continuously observed during 2004 through 2012. We found that the leaves color of the clones were stable.” The mutant was tentatively named ‘Jinwei’, which means “golden crapemyrtle” in Chinese, but was later changed to the more acceptable name ‘Jinhuang’. The cultivar has ovoid-shaped leaves, 2.4 cm in length and 1.8 cm in width; these emerge reddish-brown in middle of April, turn orange in May, then yellow during June and July, light green in early August, light yellow during the middle of August through September, and finally, yellow in October. It forms a shrub 1.3 m in height, which is lower than its parent; it has flat branches and brown bark; its flowers occur in clusters 10 cm long and 6 cm wide, with pink petals. The selecting scientists were: Ya Li; Qing Wang; Rutong Yang; Peng Wang; Lei Geng, and Gan Yao. Lagertroemia indica ‘Jinhuang’ was registered by the Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, P. R. China.

= ‘Jinwei’

‘Jinwei’

= ‘Jinhuang’

‘June Marie’ (Flower and Garden. p. 57. June, 1978, advertisement Myrtles, Baton Rouge, Louisiana): Pink. Plant Patent #4,182, issued January 10, 1978: Weeping, dwarf, mature height 10-20 in; flowers Neyron Rose (55B). Originated as seedling selected by D.E. Chopin, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; assigned to Chopin & Wright Nursery, Ltd., Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Name registered December 15, 1980. [NOTE: This name was originally registered December 15, 1980, and published in The Lagerstroemia Handbook/Checklist, AABGA, p. 42-43. 1978. A request by the originator to change the name to ‘Bourbon Street’ was made in a letter dated December 10, 1981. At that time the request was denied. In accordance with Article 14.3, International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants - 1995, p. 17, 1995, the name ‘Bourbon Street’ is now the accepted epithet.]

= ‘Bourbon Street’.

‘Kellogg’s’

(M. Mathias and E. McClintock, A checklist of woody plants of California. p. 33. 1963), listed without description.

= ‘Kellogg’s Purple’.

‘Kellogg’s Purple’ (Monrovia Nurs., Azusa, CA. Cat. p. 36. 1955-56): Flowers rich purple.

= ‘Kellogg’s’.

‘Kermesina’ (Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, PA. Cat. p. 112. 1874): Flowers fire crimson.

KIMONO®

= ‘Deskim 082’ KIMONO®

‘Kiowa’ (M. R. Pooler and R. L. Dix, HortSci. 34(2):361-363. 1999): Deciduous, multistemmed 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 166B³). Leaves 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 originated 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; introduced in 1994 by the U.S. National Arboretum; NA 63419; PI 583789. Name registered November 30, 1994.