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SYRINGA
Commonly known as Lilac
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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DeciduousPinnate leaves to 7cm (2¾in) long, each with3-9 narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, dark green leaflets
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Height3m (10ft) -
Spread1.5m (5ft)
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Tall ShrubSpreading shrub with slender, purplish brown shoots. Produces flowers in panicles to 7cm (2¾in) long
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Hardy - cold winterHardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F) -
Full sun
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Additional Features
Pests & DiseasesLeaf miners, thrips, willow scale, lilac blight, honey fungus
Place of originWestern China -
Flower ShapePanicles
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HardinessFully hardy
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Leaf form
Pinnate(see photos above) -
Leaf shape
Elliptic
(see photos above)
Lanceolate(see photos above) -
Pruning group
Pruning group 1Suitable for: Deciduous and evergreen trees, and some deciduous shrubs.
Pruning: Minimal pruning required. Prune wayward or crossing branches to maintain a healthy framework.
When: When dormant in the late winter/early spring. Some in the summer/autumn to prevent bleeding of sap.
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Scented PlantsScented flowers
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilNeutral to alkaline soil
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Wildlife
Bee friendlyRabbit Resistant
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3m (10ft)
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1.5m (5ft) |
Buy Varieties of SYRINGA
SYRINGA meyeri 'Palibin'
slow growing compact variety with panicles of pink-mauve flowers in profusion from an early age
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA microphylla 'Superba'
dainty scented lilac flowers borne in profusion
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
SYRINGA prestoniae 'Minuet'
a compact and mounded but highly floriferous variety with pink buds opening to paler pink
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA tomentella
sweetly scented pale lilac-pink flowers which fade with age in terminal panicals
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
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Charles Joly'
double red-purple
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'
double lavender-blue flowers from purple buds
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'
deep red buds opening to pale pink double flowers with strong sweet fragrance
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'
double white
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Michel Buchner'
double mauve
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Primrose'
single pale yellow
Gift-wrapping available
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Sensation'
prominent white edging to the reddish-purple flowers
Gift-wrapping available
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