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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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Deciduous
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Full sun
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Additional FeaturesGood to knowGrown 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 & DiseasesLilac blight, honey fungus, leaf miners, thripsPlace of originSoutheastern Europe to eastern Asia
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Scented PlantsScented flowersS. emodi has unpleasant scent. S. vulgaris is very fragrant..
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Soil ConditionsAlkaline / Chalk lovingFertile well drained soilNeutral to alkaline soil
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WildlifeBee friendlyRabbit Resistant
Buy Varieties of SYRINGA
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA meyeri 'Palibin'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_meyeri_palibin_4097.jpg)
SYRINGA meyeri 'Palibin'
slow growing compact variety with panicles of pink-mauve flowers in profusion from an early age
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA microphylla 'Superba'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_microphylla_suberba_4098.jpg)
SYRINGA microphylla 'Superba'
dainty scented lilac flowers borne in profusion
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA pinnatifolia](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_pinnatifolia_4099.jpg)
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
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA prestoniae 'Minuet'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_prestoniae_minuet_4683s.jpg)
SYRINGA prestoniae 'Minuet'
a compact and mounded but highly floriferous variety with pink buds opening to paler pink
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA tomentella](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_tomentella.jpg)
SYRINGA tomentella
sweetly scented pale lilac-pink flowers which fade with age in terminal panicals
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Carpe Diem'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_vulgaris_carpe_diem.jpg)
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
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Charles Joly'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_vulg_charles_joly.jpg)
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Charles Joly'
double red-purple
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_vulgaris_katherine_havemeyer_4102a.jpg)
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Katherine Havemeyer'
double lavender-blue flowers from purple buds
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_vulgaris_mme_antoine_buchner_6843.jpg)
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'
deep red buds opening to pale pink double flowers with strong sweet fragrance
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_vulgaris_madame_lemoine~4.jpg)
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'
double white
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Michel Buchner'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_vulgaris_michel_buchner_4104x.jpg)
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Michel Buchner'
double mauve
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Primrose'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syriinga_vulgaris_primrose_4105.jpg)
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Primrose'
single pale yellow
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. SYRINGA vulgaris 'Sensation'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/syringa_vulgaris_sensation_4106x.jpg)
SYRINGA vulgaris 'Sensation'
prominent white edging to the reddish-purple flowers
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