Details for: PI 584482, Cercis chinensis Bunge, 'Don Egolf'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cercis chinensis Bunge
Cultivar:
'Don Egolf'
Origin:
Developed – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
09 Dec 1994
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cercis chinensis Bunge
Cultivar:
'Don Egolf'
Origin:
Developed – District of Columbia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
09 Dec 1994
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Developed
09 December 1994.
District of Columbia, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
09 December 1994.
District of Columbia, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Don Egolf'
Type: Cultivar name

NA 63877
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Selected for sterility, abundant pink flowers (red-purple 72C, buds red-purple 71D), and overall health. The outstanding characteristic is does not set fruit; thus, enhancing its winter appearance. Upright moderate sized shrub that grows 1.5m high and 1.4m wide in 9 yrs. Leaves dark green, show resistance to pests and remain dark green throughout the summer. Hardiness zone 6 to 9. Plants readily propagated by softwood cuttings.
Cercis chinensis Bunge
Genus:
Cercis
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Cercidoideae
Tribe:
Cercideae
Subtribe:
Cercidinae
Nomen number:

9943
Place of publication:

Enum. pl. China bor. 21. 1833 (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2:95. 1835)
Verified:
04/03/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishChinese redbud  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Transcribed Koreanbagtaeginamu  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:88.
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Description:
Selection from a seed lot obtained from Hortus Botanicus, Instituti Botanici Kunminensis, Academiae Sinica, Kunming Yunnan, PRC (NA 53523).