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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
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)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Parentage: Sarah Sands x Reaumur

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Common names
  • Common Lilac
  • Lilac
  • French Lilac
Also sold as:
  • 'Al Holden'
  • 'Albert Holden'

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-04-11
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-07
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Mindypin On July 20, 2016 Transplanted
Planted in front flower bed.
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