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The Miss Kim lilac (Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim') is a cultivar of lilac which was selected by Elwyn M. Meader while stationed in Korea as an army horticulturist. [1] It was supposedly named after Elwyn M. Meader's Korean helper, whose name was Kim. [2] The species is endemic to Korea and Northeast China. [3]
Elwyn Marshall Meader (March 31, 1910 – July 19, 1996) was an American botanist and plant scientist. [1] [2] Over the course of his career, Meader developed over 50 new strains of plum, peach, squash, rutabaga, sweet corn, melon, watermelon, salad bean, pod bean, pepper, pumpkin, nectarine, bush cherry, kiwi fruit, persimmon, cranberry, raspberry, and blueberry.
The lilac is a very popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks because of its attractive, sweet-smelling flowers, which appear in early summer just before many of the roses and other summer flowers come into bloom. [18] In late summer, lilacs can be attacked by powdery mildew, specifically Erysiphe syringae, one of the Erysiphaceae. [19]
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