General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height: 4 - 6 feet
Plant Spread: 4 - 5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Other: small medium green
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Other: until frost
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Josee™
Cultivar name: 'MORjos 060F'
Common names
  • Dwarf Lilac
  • Lilac
Also sold as:
  • Josée™

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Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2023-04-13
Location: Mount Bethel, PA
It will bloom again after I trim off all the blooms
Location: Canton, OH
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-04-06
Location: Canton, OH
Date: 2016-05-13

Date: 2015-04-28

Date: 2015-04-28
Location: My front yard, N Watauga TX
Date: 2012-04-04
Very fragrant
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: Spring
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-14
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Canton, OH
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Location: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: 2014-06-05
Comments:
  • Posted by Roses_R_Red (Mount Bethel, PA) on Feb 17, 2013 6:07 PM concerning plant:
    The bush keeps a nice shape and needs almost no pruning except to cut off blooms for the re-bloom
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