Scientific name: Syringa vulgaris

Common name: common lilac

Family name: Oleaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 4

Mature height and spread: 5-7m tall, 4-5m wide

Form: irregular, upright

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: alkaline

Leaf arrangement: simple. Opposite.

Fall colour: yellow

Flower/cone/fruit description: brown capsule. Showy panicle flowers (violet); smells great.

Limitations: suckering

Suitable uses: hedge row, screening. Hardy. Grow for flowers

Quick ID: Dec. Shrub. Simple. South America. Opposite. Smooth margins; no lobes. Ovate. Brown capsule. Terminal buds in pairs. Heart shaped. Large buds (unique; laterally compressed).

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