Syringa vulgaris (any variety) (Lilac (any variety))
Other names: Syringa vulgaris, Mixed, Syringa vulgaris Mix
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Syringa vulgaris (any variety) are upright, deciduous shrubs with heart-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and, from late spring to early summer, dense, conical panicles of strongly fragrant flowers in shades of pink, purple, blue, white, or pale yellow.
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3m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa reticulata subsp. pekinensis 'Yellow Fragrance' (Peking lilac 'Yellow Fragrance')
Other names: Syringa pekinensis 'Yellow Fragrance', Chinese tree lilac 'Yellow Fragrance'
'Yellow Fragrance' is a large, spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with arching stems bearing ovate to lance-shaped, pointed, dark green leaves and large panicles of fragrant, pale yellow flowers in summer.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa 'Pink Perfume' (Lilac 'Pink Perfume')
Other names: Syringa 'Bloomerang Pink Perfume', Repeat flowering lilac 'Bloomerang Pink Perfume'
'Pink Perfume' is an upright, bushy, deciduous shrub with ovate to heart-shaped, mid-green leaves and panicles of strongly fragrant, single, tubular, pink flowers in late spring, blooming again from midsummer into autumn.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa x prestoniae (Preston lilac)
Other names: Canadian hybrid lilac
S. x prestoniae is a vigorous, upright to rounded, deciduous shrub or small tree with oval, dark green leaves and erect to nodding panicles of fragrant, white, pink, lavender, white, magenta, or dark purple flowers in summer.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa josikaea (Hungarian lilac)
Other names: Lady Josika's lilac
S. josikaea is an upright to arching, deciduous shrub with dark stems bearing oblong to broadly elliptic, dark green leaves, paler beneath, and narrowly conical panicles of lightly fragrant, lilac-pink flowers in late spring and early summer.
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4m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa x laciniata (Feathered Persian lilac)
Other names: Syringa x persica var. laciniata, Cutleaf lilac, Cut-leaf lilac
S. x laciniata is a bushy, spreading to mound-forming, deciduous shrub with lance-shaped or pinnate leaves divided into narrowly elliptic, dark green leaflets. loose panicles of fragrant, lilac flowers bloom in late spring.
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3m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa pinnatifolia (Pinnate lilac)
S. pinnatifolia is an open, upright, deciduous shrub with exfoliating bark, pinnate, dark green leaves with ovate to lance-shaped, dark green leaflets, and panicles of fragrant, lilac- to pink-flushed, white flowers in spring.
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2.5m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa protolaciniata (Persian lilac)
Other names: Syringa afghanica misapplied, Afghan lilac
S. protolaciniata is an open, spreading, deciduous shrub with purple-brown stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into lance-shape to narrowly elliptic, dark green leaflets and panicles of fragrant, lilac flowers in late spring.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa x henryi (Henry's lilac)
S. x henryi is an upright, deciduous shrub with broadly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and panicles of fragrant, light purple to lilac-pink flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.9m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Syringa 'Minuet' (Lilac 'Minuet')
Other names: Syringa x prestoniae 'Minuet'
'Minuet' is an upright, bushy, deciduous shrub with ovate to heart-shaped, mid- to dark green leaves and panicles of strongly fragrant, single, tubular, lilac-pink flowers in late spring.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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