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    SYRINGA
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    SYRINGA

    Commonly known as Lilac

    All Flower MAY-JUN

    The epitome of the English garden, not just in old vicarages, in thousands of old cottage gardens in May the lilac is in bloom.

    Genus of about 20 species of deciduous trees and shrubs from woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia. Tubular flowers are attractive to long-tongued insects.

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    • Good to know
      Grown for, usually, very fragrant small tubular flowers in pyramidal or conical clusters. Deadhead newly-planted lilacs before fruit forms. Prompt deadheading thereafter produces more blooms. S. vulgaris will tolerate hard renovation pruning.
    • Pests & Diseases
      Lilac blight, honey fungus, leaf miners, thrips
    • Place of origin
      Southeastern Europe to eastern Asia
    • Deciduous
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Scented flowers
      S. emodi has unpleasant scent. S. vulgaris is very fragrant..
    • Alkaline / Chalk loving
    • Fertile well drained soil
    • Neutral to alkaline soil
    • Full sun
    • Bee friendly
    • Rabbit Resistant
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    Varieties
    SYRINGA emodii 'Aureovariegata'
    Himalayan lilac
    Attractive yellow leaves with green centres are the key feature of this Himalayan lilac. Flowers pale lilac in bud fading to white in long panicles
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £40.00
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    Available again from June 2025
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    SYRINGA x hyacinthiflora 'Sweetheart'
    Soft pink flowers from darker buds. Double and very fragrant.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £20.00
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    Not available until May 2025
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    SYRINGA meyeri 'Palibin'
    Korean lilac
    Slow growing compact variety with panicles of pink-mauve flowers in profusion from an early age
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £20.00
    SYRINGA microphylla 'Superba'
    Daphne lilac
    Dainty scented lilac flowers borne in profusion
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £20.00
    SYRINGA pinnatifolia
    A very unusual species which deserves to be more widely known if only because it looks so unlike a lilac. White or lavender tinted flowers in small panicles in May and long pinnate leaves with 7-11 leaflets
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £20.00
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    Unavailable
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    SYRINGA prestoniae 'Minuet'
    A compact and mounded but highly floriferous variety with pink buds opening to paler pink
     
    3 - 5 Litre
    £27.50
    SYRINGA protolaciniata
    Lilac-white flowers in long terminal panicles as the leaves emerge in spring
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £27.50
    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Carpe Diem'
    A startling new introduction with pinkish-mauve semi-double flowers opening first a delicate light blue and then fading to light mauve
     
    Bush
    £33.00
    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Charles Joly'
    Double red-purple
     
    Bush
    £33.00
    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'
    Double lavender-blue flowers from purple buds
     
    Bush
    £33.00
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
    Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'
    Deep red buds opening to pale pink double flowers with strong sweet fragrance
     
    Bush
    £33.00
    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'
    Double white
     
    Bush
    £33.00
    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Michel Buchner'
    Double mauve
     
    Bush
    £33.00
    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Primrose'
    Single pale yellow
     
    Bush
    £33.00
    SYRINGA vulgaris 'Sensation'
    Prominent white edging to the reddish-purple flowers
     
    Bush
    £33.00

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
    Vermin & Pest Control
    Slug Pellets
    Slug killer blue mini pellets are easy to use and give effective control of slugs and snails. Ideal in garden, conservatory or greenhouse.
    800g
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
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