Syringa (Lilac)

A dwarf, spreading lilac with reddish-purple buds opening to pale lilac fragrant flowers. It will bloom profusely in mid-season (typically mid-May) and first flowers at an early age.

Great For:

• Focal groupings
• Low maintenance foundation plant

Height: 4-6'   Width: 6-8'

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An easy-care and beautiful choice for any landscape, the rounded, dark green leaves form a compact, mounded habit that is covered in fragrant, light lavender blooms during mid spring. The leaves will take on a purple blush before turning golden in fall.

Great For:

• Focal groupings
• Low maintenance foundation plant

Height: 4-5'   Width: 5-7'    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Purple (Spring)   Fall Color: Purple

Winter Interest: Structure

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The deep purple buds of 'Palibin' open to fragrant, light lilac-purple flowers in late May amid small, disease free, rounded foliage that takes on a purple cast in autumn. A very elegant small tree, it often sporadically blooms again in the fall!

Great For:

• Accent specimen
• Foundation plantings

Height: 6-8'   Width: 3-5'    Shape: Rounded

Blooms: Purple (Spring, Fall)

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The purple buds of 'Miss Kim' open to single, fragrant, pale lilac flowers two weeks after other lilacs have finished. The upright habit boasts lovely dark green disease resistant leaves that turn a beautiful dark burgundy color in fall.

Great For:

• Focal groupings
• Foundation plantings

Height: 4-7'   Width: 4-6'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring)   Fall Color: Purple, Red

Winter Interest: Structure

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A lovely vase-shaped tree with large clusters of fragrant creamy-white flowers in June, the dark foliage of this variety contrasts with its interesting shiny gray bark.

Great For:

• Planting as a lawn specimen
• Planting as a street tree

Height: 15-18'   Width: 14-16'    Shape: Vase

Blooms: White (Spring)

Winter Interest: Form

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'Snowdance' is a remarkable new variety that flowers reliably when young and then regularly every year after. Huge fragrant white panicles appear in late June and since this variety is sterile, no seedheads are formed.

Great For:

• Ornamental lawn specimen
• Large foundation plantings

Height: 12-15'   Width: 12-15'    Shape: Rounded, Vase

Blooms: White (Spring)

Winter Interest: Form

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An excellent, early blooming variety, 'Ivory Silk' features creamy white panicles of flowers that hover amongst the deepest green foliage in late June. Shiny, gray-brown, heavily lenticeled bark also shines in the growing season and through the winter.

Great For:

• Lawn or specimen tree
• Focal grouping

Height: 14-18'   Width: 15-20'    Shape: Rounded, Vase

Blooms: White (Spring, Summer)   Fall Color: Yellow

Winter Interest: Branching, Structure

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'Tinkerbelle' will be profusely covered in wine-red flower buds that open to pink and offer a wonderful spicy-sweet fragrance. Rounded, dark green leaves take on a burgundy cast in the fall and create a compact, upright to rounded habit.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Focal grouping

Height: 5-6'   Width: 4-5'    Shape: Mound, Rounded

Blooms: Pink (Spring)   Fall Color: Yellow

Winter Interest: Structure

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This old-fashioned lilac is the one most of us remember from our youth. A perfect informal hedge or screen, it has extremely fragrant, purple flowers in May.

Great For:

• Focal point in the shrub border
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Purple (Spring)   Fall Color: Purple

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This variety's large, deep violet, sweetly fragrant, single florets are arranged in dense, pyramidal, terminal panicles and cover the shrub in May.

Great For:

• Cut flower
• Shrub borders

Height: 8-10'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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The deep lilac-violet blooms of this lilac possess a silvery blush on the reverse of the petals, giving it a bicolor effect. The loosely open flower panicles are large with a heavy fragrance. An upright to rounded plant, it is resistant to powdery mildew

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring)   Fall Color: Purple

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The double, lilac flowers of 'Alphonse LaValle' appear in May on large panicles with a heavily fragrance. Deep green foliage and an upright, tree-like nature make this a garden stand out!

Great For:

• Beds and borders
• Large foundation plantings

Height: 6-12'   Width: 4-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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The blush lilac-pink buds of 'Beauty of Moscow' open to heavily fragrant, double, white-pink flowers over dark green foliage on an upright plant. Stunning in bloom!

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Pink, White (Spring)

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One of the earlier French hybrids, 'Charles Joly' will produce abundant panicles of purple buds that turn to fragrant, double, magenta-purple flowers for an intense spring show!

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Purple (Spring)   Fall Color: Purple

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The dark lavender-purple buds of 'Dappled Dawn' open to light lavender, fragrant blossoms in May amid foliage that is brightly splashed with yellow variegation.

Great For:

• Planting with Viburnums and Hydrangea
• Planting with Ninebark and Spirea

Height: 8-10   Width: 4-6'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple

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The creamy white colored buds of this selection open to fragran, double, large-petaled white flowers in May.

Great For:

• Accent specimen
• Borders

Height: 8-10'   Width: 4-6'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Spring)

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The blush lilac-pink buds of 'Krasavitsa Moskovy' open to heavily fragrant, double, white-pink flowers amid dark green foliage on an upright plant. Simply stunning in bloom!

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-10'   Width: 4-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Pink, White (Spring)

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A beautiful old cultivar developed in 1883, this is still one of the best of its color group available. Deep wine buds open to fragrant, single, wine-purple flowers. Dark green leaves and an upright plant habit complete the look.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Purple, Red (Spring)   Fall Color: Purple, Red

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'Marie Frances' produces masses of lovely, soft true-pink flowers with a very fine fragrance over dark green foliage that creates an upright, rounded plant.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Spring)

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'Miss Ellen Wilmot' will bear panicles of beautiful, fragrant, double white flowers on a nice upright to rounded shrub of up to 10' in height and spread.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Spring)   Fall Color: Yellow

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This outstanding French hybrid lilac has very showy and fragrant panicles of the deepest wine-purple florets. An upright plant, 'Monge' also features dark blue-green, mildew resistant foliage.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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This vigorous, upright grower produces large, fragrant panicles of starry, double lilac-blue florets in May.

Great For:

• Planting with Viburnums and Hydrangea
• Planting with Ninebark and Spirea

Height: 10-12'   Width: 8'

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Well-formed flower heads of primrose-yellow buds open to light cream, highly fragrant flowers in May over mid-emerald green foliage.

Great For:

• Beds and borders
• Large foundation plantings

Height: 6-12'   Width: 4-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: White, Yellow (Spring)

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A very unique selection! Single, fragrant, dark purple florets with a distinctive pure white border over very dark foliage on an upright plant makes 'Sensation' an excellent and intriguing variety.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Purple, White (Spring)

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This hardy, vigorous shrub is the white version of the old-fashioned favorite. Dark green foliage, along with extremely fragrant, single white flowers and an upright, vase-shaped habit makes this variety a great informal hedge or screen.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: White (Spring)

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'Wedgewood Blue' produces showy panicles of fragrant blue-lilac flowers in May.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 4-6'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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A semi-dwarf lilac, 'Wonderblue' lends itself to smaller areas and will be covered with single, lavender-blue flowers in mid to late May.

Great For:

• Planting with Viburnums and Hydrangea
• Planting with Ninebark and Spirea

Height: 4-5'   Width: 5-6'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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One of the darkest purple lilacs! This very hard to find variety offers large, single florets and good fragrance on a semi-dwarf plant.

Great For:

• Planting with Viburnums and Hydrangea
• Planting with Ninebark and Spirea

Height: 5-6'   Width: 4-6'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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More heat tolerant than other varieties, 'Betsy Ross' produces billowing panicles of white, fluffy, fragrant flowers in May.

Great For:

• Cut flowers
• Shrub borders

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Spring)

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'Bloomerang' is a remarkable new lilac with fragrant purple flowers that burst forth in spring and then again in mid-summer before continuing right up until frost.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 4-5'   Width: 4-5'

Blooms: Purple

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These graceful, arching plants offer a more delicate nature than other lilacs. Light lilac flowers with that old-fashioned scent come a bit later in May amid refined, mid green foliage. This tidy plant is perfect for that old-fashioned look!

Great For:

• Beds and borders
• Large foundation plantings

Height: 6-10'   Width: 6-10    Shape: Vase, Wide

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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'Angel White' features fragrant, pure white single flowers in May.

Great For:

• Accent shrub
• Borders

Height: 6-10'   Width: 4-8'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Spring)

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'Maiden's Blush' produces light to medium pink, fragrant flowers tinged with lilac that emerge from darker flower buds during May before most lilacs. The foliage is often tinged with purple in the fall, extending the interest.

Great For:

• Accent specimen
• Large groupings and hedging

Height: 8-10'   Width: 4-8'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: Pink (Spring)   Fall Color: Purple

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An early flowering hybrid producing trusses of fragrant, single white flowers in early May, 'Mount Baker' is a profuse bloomer and an excellent shrub to use in the background due to its immense size.

Great For:

• Planting with Viburnums and Hydrangea
• Planting with Ninebark and Spirea

Height: 10-12'   Width: 10-12'    Shape: Upright

Blooms: White (Spring)

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A profuse bloomer, 'Pocahontas' features deep violet-purple buds that open to fragrant, single, deep violet florets in spring prior to the French hybrid lilacs. Deep green foliage completes this upright and vigorous plant.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 6-8'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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This early blooming hybrid features fragrant, dark, double flowers.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 8-10'   Width: 8-10'

Blooms: Purple (Spring)

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The gorgeous, delicate, light lavender flowerheads of 'Josee' appear prolifically in May and are heavily fragranced. Blooms are produced sporadically from late spring until early fall along with rounded, disease-free foliage in a thick habit.

Great For:

• Large foundation plantings
• Informal hedges and shrub borders

Height: 4-6'   Width: 4-5'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Purple (Spring, Summer, Fall)

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Panicles of purple buds open to single, deep pink-purple flowers during mid June on large, pyramidal spikes two weeks later than most lilacs. Deep green, heavily textured leaves complement the flower spikes.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 8-10'   Width: 5-8'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Pink, Purple (Spring)   Fall Color: Yellow

Winter Interest: Structure

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An elegant, hardy shrub which will make a colorful informal hedge, 'James MacFarlane' can also be grown as a specimen shrub or small tree. Large clusters of deliciously scented flowers appear in May and June which are attractive to butterflies.

Great For:

• Accent border shrub
• Massed for hedging

Height: 6-8'   Width: 4-6'    Shape: Rounded, Upright

Blooms: Pink (Spring, Summer)   Fall Color: Yellow

Winter Interest: Structure

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Dark purple buds open to fragrant lavender flowers over very deep green, heavily textured foliage that creates a compact and upright to rounded habit. Ideal for smaller landscapes, 'Minuet' will not produce sucker growth.

Great For:

• Focal groupings
• Massed in the shrub border

Height: 6-8'   Width: 4-6'    Shape: Upright, Vase

Blooms: Purple (Spring)   Fall Color: Yellow

Winter Interest: Structure

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