Lilacs

Lilac 'Bloomerang' - Syringa x 'Bloomerang'

Botanical Name:

Syringa x 'Bloomerang'

Common Name:

Lilac 'Bloomerang'

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Early Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Reblooming lilac blooms from spring and again from mid-summer to frost. Small habit fits into any garden. Good for cutting. Fragrant. Deer resistant. Remove spent blooms promptly to encourage reblooming. Prune to shape after blooming if needed. Flower production may decline during extremely hot summers but will resume when temperatures cool in fall.

Yankee Doodle Common Lilac - Syringa Vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Botanical Name:

Syringa Vulgaris 'Yankee Doodle'

Common Name:

Yankee Doodle Common Lilac

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Early Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Looking for a very dark lilac to set off the whites and lavenders? ‘Yankee Doodle’ is the darkest of the Fiala lilacs, and is one of the darkest purple lilacs. This very hard to find variety has large single florets and good fragrance on a plant of semi-dwarf stature.

Meyer Lilac - Syringa 'Meyeri'

Botanical Name:

Syringa 'Meyeri'

Common Name:

Meyer Lilac

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Early Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Small (4 inch), lilac-type clusters of flowers in late spring; flowers are pale purple and have only very light fragrance; summer foliage is much smaller than other lilacs and is glossy with wavy edges.

Lilac 'Pocahontas' - Syringa x hyacinthiflora

Botanical Name:

Syringa x hyacinthiflora

Common Name:

Lilac 'Pocahontas'

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Early Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Common Lilac - Syringa Vulgaris

Genus:

Syringa

Species:

Vulgaris

Botanical Name:

Syringa Vulgaris

Common Name:

Common Lilac

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Early Spring, Mid-Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Deer Resistant
Fragrant
Good for Hedge or Screen

Common Lilac is a very common ornamental plant in gardens and parks, because of the attractive, sweet smell of its flowers. Grows upright. A multi-stemmed, suckering, tall shrub

Suggested Uses or Locations:

Hedge, Specimen

Water Requirements:

Requires Good Drainage

Soil Requirements:

Prefers Alkaline Soil

French Lilac 'Ludwig Spaeth' - Syringa vulgaris 'Ludwig Spaeth'

Botanical Name:

Syringa vulgaris 'Ludwig Spaeth'

Common Name:

French Lilac 'Ludwig Spaeth'

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Early Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Single purple flowers. Maintains an upright habit and is most valued for its extremely fragrant single purple blooms in early to mid-May, dark green foliage.

French Lilac 'Sensation' - Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'

Botanical Name:

Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation'

Common Name:

French Lilac 'Sensation'

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Mid-Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Dramatic, bicolor blooms of purple elegantly trimmed in white, cover this lilac in early to mid spring, filling the air with their sweet scent. Beautiful as a border or a hedge.

Ellen Wilmot French Lilac - Syringa vulgaris 'Ellen Willmott'

Botanical Name:

Syringa vulgaris 'Ellen Willmott'

Common Name:

Ellen Wilmot French Lilac

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

white

Bloom Season:

Mid-Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Maintains an upright habit and is most valued for its extremely fragrant double white blooms in early to mid-May, dark green foliage.

French Lilac 'Michael Buchner' - Syringa vulgaris

Botanical Name:

Syringa vulgaris

Common Name:

French Lilac 'Michael Buchner'

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

purple

Bloom Season:

Mid-Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

Maintains an upright habit and is most valued for its extremely fragrant double lilac blooms in early to mid-May, dark green foliage.

Lilac 'Beauty of Moscow' - Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'

Botanical Name:

Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'

Common Name:

Lilac 'Beauty of Moscow'

Plant Category:

Deciduous Shrub, Shrub

Hardiness Zones:

Exposure:

part_shade

Flower Color:

white

Bloom Season:

Mid-Spring

Foliage Color:

Green

Features:

Fragrant

The unusually large double flowers of this hybrid Lilac resemble pink pearls in bud, but open to pure white. The striking combination of buds and flowers creates a beautiful bicolor effect.