Lagerstroemia Checklist: S
Cultivar Names of Lagerstroemia (crapemyrtle):
Names beginning with letter S
‘Sacramento’ (David Chopin, Washington, PA. Variety Listing and Descriptions, undated, included with pers. comm. to David Byers, May 11, 1995): Deep red flowers. Height: 18-24”. Developed from ‘World’s Fair’, a deeper red, more compact, fuller, more symmetrical growing variety. Leaves are smaller than ‘World’s Fair’ with many flower clusters. Very heavy bloomer 2nd year.
‘Saharanpur’ (Royal Palm Nurs., Manatee, FL. Cat. p. 80. 1888): Branches graceful and willowy; leaves large; flowers very dark pink. Introduced by Royal Palm Nurs. Possibly a Lagerstroemia speciosa cultivar.
SAINT ÉMILION®
= ‘Desemi 103’ SAINT ÉMILION®
‘Sarah’s Favorite’ (Tom Dodd Nurseries, Inc., Semmes, AL. Cat. p. 13. 1992-93), listed without description. (Apex Nurseries, Inc., Apex, NC. Wholesale Price List. p. 22, Fall 1995-96): Very similar to ‘Natchez’. Fast, upright grower. White. Good cold hardiness. [NOTE: Lagerstroemia hybrid selection 5570 EL, originating at the U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, DC, was distributed for cooperative evaluation under a Memorandum of Understanding for the Evaluation of Potential New Cultivars. This trial selection was distributed for evaluation along with the future cultivars ‘Natchez’ (a sibling of 5570 EL) and ‘Muskogee’ as part of the Shrub Breeding Research Program at the U.S. National Arboretum. In 1976 a letter was sent to the cooperative evaluators ordering them to destroy all selections except for ‘Natchez’ and ‘Muskogee’. One cooperator did not destroy 5570 EL, believing it to be a superior selection. It then entered the trade under various names, including ‘Sarah’s Favorite’, the name by which it is now generally known. Despite the manner in which it was introduced and its similarity to ‘Natchez’, this selection has made at least one potentially important contribution to further breeding work as the pollen parent of ‘Chocolate Mocha’ DELTA JAZZ®.]
= ‘5570’, ‘Dodd’s White’, ‘Hybrid White’, ‘Sarah’s Hardy White’.
‘Sarah’s Hardy White’ (Flowerwood Nursery, Loxley, AL. Wholesale Price List. January 1996), listed without description. [NOTE: See ‘Sarah’s Favorite’ above for the background of this selection.]
= ‘5570’, ‘Dodd’s White’, ‘Hybrid White’, ‘Sarah’s Favorite’.
‘Scarlet’ (Glen Saint Mary Nurs., Glen Saint Mary, FL. Cat. p. 60. 1924): Flowers scarlet.
‘Scarlet Gem’ (C. W. Stuart & Co., Newark, NY. Cat. p. 31. 1950): 8-15 ft high; flowers watermelon red, blooms June-frost; zone 6, 7, 8.
‘Scarlett O’Hara’ (J. Hériteau, The National Arboretum Book of Outstanding Garden Plants. p. 159. 1990): “‘Scarlett O’Hara’ is darker red and shorter.”
‘Select Purple’ (Select Nurs., Brea, CA. Cat. p. 30. 1963): Upright shrub; flowers purple; zone 6.
= ‘Parade Purple’, ‘Purple Parade’.
‘Seminole’ (D. R. Egolf, Baileya 17(1): 2,5. 1970): Globose shrub, 2.5 m high; leaves glossy, medium green, thinly coriaceous; panicles obtuse, 14-20 cm long, 11-16 cm wide; flowers clear medium pink (Red Purple 67B2, base 59C to lighter shade 64D). Originated in 1960 from cross of L. indica ‘Hardy Pink’ × L. indica ‘Low Flame’, and introduced in 1970 by U.S. National Arboretum; NA 30166; PI 326426. Name registered March 17, 1970.
‘Shell Pink’ (Greenbrier Farms, Norfolk, VA. Cat. p. 39. 1948), listed without description: Hardy to Baltimore. (Monrovia Nurs., Azusa, CA. Cat. p. 57. 1962-63): Shrub; leaves bright green; flowers soft pink. (O. S. Gray Nurs., Arlington, TX. Cat. p. 8. 1954): A less vigorous plant with arching branches.
= ‘Near East’.
‘Sioux’ (D. R. Egolf, HortSci. 22(4): 674-677. 1987): Deciduous, upright, multiple-stemmed, large shrub or small tree; exfoliating bark of older branches and trunk light medium grey-brown (Orange 26D to Greyed Orange 165C2); leaves elliptic to obovate, entire, 4-5.5 cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide, dark green (Green 137A above and Green 137C beneath), in autumn light maroon (Greyed Red 181A) to bright red (Red 45B to 46A); inflorescences subglobose, 13-23 cm long and 11-17 cm wide with dark pink (Red Purple 68B) flowers, recurrent intense blooming from late July until mid September; hardy zone 7b; originated in 1972 from the hybridization of (L. indica ‘Dwarf Red’ × L. fauriei) × (L. indica ‘Pink Lace’ × L. fauriei); selected in 1979; introduced in 1987 by the U.S. National Arboretum; NA 54971; PI 499818. Name registered May 1, 1992. Click here to view the USNA PDF fact sheet for Lagerstroemia ‘Sioux’.
SIREN RED®
= ‘Whit VII’ SIREN RED®.
‘Snow’ (Greenleaf Nurs. Co., El Campo, TX. Wholesale Cat. p. 31, Fall 1992-Spring 1993): White. Listed under heading Lagerstroemia indica Dwarf, Dwarf Crape Myrtle: The beauty of Crapemyrtle in a dwarf form make these plants even more attractive and useful. Vigorous growers and Profuse bloomers. Dwarf - Grows 3 to 4 feet. (Hines Nurs., Houston, TX. Hines Houston, Plants and Prices. p 31. Jan. 1993): Pure white. Listed under “Dwarfs: (6-12’)”.
= PETITE SNOW™?
SNOW DAZZLE™
= ‘Gamad III’ SNOW DAZZLE™.
‘Snow Lace’ (Flower and Garden, p. 57. June 1978, advertisement: Myrtles, Baton Rouge, LA): White. (U.S. Plant Patent #4185, issued January 10, 1978): Weeping, dwarf, mature height 10-20 in; flowers white (155A). Originated as a seedling selected by D. E. Chopin, Baton Rouge, LA; assigned to Chopin & Wright Nursery, Ltd., Baton Rouge, LA. Name registered December 15, 1980.
‘Snow White’ (Plant Buyer’s Guide, 5th ed. 1949), listed without description as available from Bradley Bros. Nurs., Carbondale, IL. (O. S. Gray Nurs., Arlington, TX. Cat. p. 8. 1954): Rather upright growth; flowers pure white without any pinkish tinge.
‘Snow White’ (Select Nurs., Brea, CA. Cat. p. 21. 1960-61), listed without description. (Ibid. Cat. p. 30. 1963): Flowers white. (Ibid. Cat. p. 32. 1965): Dwarf; flowers snow white; zone 6. Introduced by Texas Nurs., Sherman, TX, ca 1957. Dwarf clone frequently confused with the tree type.
= ‘New Snow’.
‘Snowbaby’ (Texas Nurs., Sherman, TX. Cat. p. 8. 1959-60): Dwarf; flowers white, occasionally a limb or two will revert to ‘Dwarf Blue’. (Henry Field Seed & Nurs., Shenandoah, IA. Cat. p. 1, Spring 1961): Dwarf with mature height 3-4 ft; leaves dark green; flowers pure white. Originated as sport of ‘Dwarf Blue’ selected by C. C. Mayhew, Pottsboro (Sherman), TX. Named and trademarked in State of Texas in 1958 and introduced in 1959 by J. B. Fitzpatrick, Texas Nurs. Name registered May 31, 1974. Misspelled as ‘Snow Baby’. The plant marketed as ‘Alba Nana’ probably is ‘Snowbaby’.
= ‘Dwarf Snow White’, ‘Dwarf White’, ‘Frosty Snow’, ‘New Snow Baby’, ‘Dwarf Snow Baby’.
‘Snowball’ (Spring Hill Nurs., Tipp City, OH. Cat. p. 12, Spring 1970): Flowers white. Descriptive term not intended as a cultivar name.
‘Soft Pink’ (Glen Saint Mary Nurs., Glen Saint Mary, FL. Cat. p. 4. 1964-65), listed without description. Light pink. Introduced in 1964 by Glen Saint Mary Nurs. Name registered January 28, 1976.
SOIR D’ÉTÉ®
= ‘Dessoi 062’ SOIR D’ÉTÉ®.
‘Southern Belle’ (C. W. Stuart & Co., Newark, NY. Cat. p. 31. 1950): 8-15 ft high; flowers flesh pink; zone 5.
‘Southern Lilac’ (Overlook Nurs., Mobile, AL. Cat. p. 38. 1939), listed without description. [NOTE: Likely not intended as a cultivar name; crapemyrtle is sometimes referred to generally as a “Southern lilac”, since Syringa tend to perform more poorly in warmer climates and crapemyrtle are thought to provide an aesthetically comparable alternative in such areas.]
SOUVENIR D’ANDRÉ DESMARTIS®
= ‘Desand 081’ SOUVENIR D’ANDRÉ DESMARTIS®.
SOUVENIR DE HUBERT PUARD®
= ‘Deshub 085’ SOUVENIR DE HUBERT PUARD®
‘Special Red’ (Aldridge Nurs., Von Ormy, TX. Cat. p. 16. 1976-77): Seedling selection; darker red color. Name registered May 23, 1978.
‘Splendens’ (Haage & Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany. Cat. p. 39. 1867), listed without description.
‘Splendidissima’ (Angel Peluffo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. cat. p. 128. 1902?), listed without description.
‘St. Michael’s White’ (James C. Kell, Comp., Houston, TX. Crape Myrtles in Cultivation. 1990: Rev. June 1994, unpubl.): White flowers in large, tight clusters; multi-trunked, upright, strong grower; one of the tallest crapemyrtles.
STRAWBERRY DAZZLE™ (Griffith Propagation Nursery Inc. Catalog, 2014): listed as a trade designation for cultivar ‘PIILAG-II’.
= ‘PIILAG-II’ STRAWBERRY DAZZLE™.
‘Summer and Summer’ (Katsuo, Kiyoshi, Plant Patent, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Sept. 1, 1992. (U.S. Plant Patent #7957). Information derived from background information given for Plant Patent 7957: “The seed parent was ‘Summer and Summer’, Lagerstroemia indica L., which was bred at a research farm in Uchino-cho, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken, Japan…. The seed parent ‘Summer and Summer’ had been registered under No. 1733 on Aug. 18, 1988, under the Japanese Seed and Seedlings Law. Tree-Performance: flat-spreading. (hill spread)/(tree height) ratio: 3.0. Tree form: disc. Tree height (cm): dwarf (20.0). Branching Habit: medium. (number of branches on a main trunk): 5.8. Number of inflorescences per one cluster: medium-5.0. Number of flowers per one inflorescence: medium-32.0. Petal color: strong purplish pink (JHS Color Chart 9205 or RHS Colour Chart 68A, 68B, 73A).
‘Summer Dream’ (U.S. Plant Patent #7964): Deciduous shrub to 30 to 35 cm tall and 60 to 70 cm wide; leaves 7 cm long and 3.5 cm wide, young leaves emerge Yellow-Green 144B and mature to Green 137A or Green 137B or Yellow-Green 147A on upper surface and Yellow-Green 146B, or Yellow-Green 147B or Yellow-Green 148B on lower surface; flowers 4.5 to 5.3 cm wide, emerge and mature Red-Purple 61D or Red-Purple 66C. Originated as a cross between ‘Summer and Summer’, which was bred at a research farm in Uchino-cho, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken, Japan, and the pollen parent ‘Issai-Sarusuberi’. Named and introduced by Kiyoshi Katsuo. Name registered January 29, 2014.
‘Summer Fantasy’ (U.S. Plant Patent #7967): Deciduous shrub to 25 to 35 cm tall and 62.5 to 87.5 cm wide; leaves 6.3 cm long and 3.1 cm wide, young leaves emerge Yellow-Green 144B and mature to Green 137A or Green 137B or Yellow-Green 147A on upper surface and Yellow-Green 146B, or Yellow-Green 147B or Yellow-Green 148B on lower surface; flowers 4.5 to 5.3 cm wide, emerge and mature Red-Purple 63B or Red-Purple 67B or Red-Purple 71C. Originated as a cross between ‘Summer and Summer’, which was bred at a research farm in Uchino-cho, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken, Japan, and the pollen parent ‘Issai-Sarusberi’. Named and introduced by Kiyoshi Katsuo. Name registered January 29, 2014.
‘Summer Flash’ (U.S. Plant Patent #7965): Deciduous shrub to 35 to 45 cm tall and 56 to 72 cm wide; leaves 5.6 cm long and 2.9 cm wide, young leaves emerge dark green (JHS Color Chart 3716) and mature to Green 137A or Green 137B or Yellow-Green 147A on upper surface and Yellow-Green 146B, or Yellow-Green 147B or Yellow-Green 148B on lower surface; flowers 4.6 to 5.4 cm wide, emerge and mature Red-Purple 63B or Red-Purple 67B or Red-Purple 71C. Originated as a cross between ‘Summer and Summer’, which was bred at a research farm in Uchino-cho, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken, Japan, and the pollen parent ‘Issai-Sarusuberi’. Named and introduced by Kiyoshi Katsuo. Name registered January 29, 2014.
‘Summer Venus’ (U.S. Plant Patent #7966): Deciduous shrub to 50 to 60 cm tall and 65 to 78 cm wide; leaves 6.3 cm long and 3.1 cm wide, young leaves emerge Yellow-Green 144B and mature to Green 137A or Green 137B or Yellow-Green 148B on upper surface and Yellow-Green 146B, or Yellow-Green 147B or Yellow-Green 148B on lower surface; flowers 4.8 to 5.7 cm wide, emerge and mature Red-Purple 57D or Red-Purple 58B or Red-Purple 61C. Originated as a cross between ‘Summer and Summer’, which was bred at a research farm in Uchino-cho, Niigata-shi, Niigata-ken, Japan, and the pollen parent ‘Issai-Sarusuberi’. Named and introduced by Kiyoshi Katsuo. Name registered January 29, 2014.
SUMMER WINE™ [Plants received at U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, DC, Dec, 21, 1990 from Bear Creek Gardens, Somis, CA.](Buds & Blooms Nurs., Brown Summit, NC. Summer-Fall Wholesale Price List. 1991): Deep pinkish red. Semi-dwarf 5’. (Byers Wholesale Nursery, Inc., Meridianville, AL. Undated promotional brochure with color picture and description, procured Jan. 4, 1995): A very deep pink, near red variety. Vigorous, free branching and free flowering. Maximum height to 5 feet. Drought resistant. (PPAF). Jackson & Perkins™ Dwarf Crapemyrtle.
Supersonic Hybrids (Andersen Horticultural Library’s Source List of Plants & Seeds, University of Minnesota, 4th Edition. 1996: pp.173-174), listed without description as available from G. S. Grimes Seeds, Concord, OH: L. indica. [Note: This is not a cultivar name.]
‘Superviolacea’ (Giannino Giannini, Pistoia, Italy. Cat. p. 16. 1949): Flowers intense violet. Introduced by Giannini in 1949.
SWEETHEART DAZZLE™
= ‘Gamad VII’ SWEETHEART DAZZLE™.