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 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 10-12 feet
Plant Spread: 8-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Lavender
Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Erosion control
Guardian plant
Shade Tree
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Common Lilac
  • Lilac
  • French Lilac
Also sold as:
  • 'Beauty of Moscow'
  • 'Krasavica Moskvy'
  • 'Krasavita Moskvy'
  • 'Krasavitsa Moskvi'
  • 'Krasavitsa Muskovy'
  • 'Krasavitza Moskvy'
  • 'Moskvas Pärla'
  • 'Schöne von Moskau'
  • 'Belle de Moscou'
  • 'Mädchen aus Moskau'
  • Schöne von Moskau™

Photo Gallery
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-05-29
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2009-06
beauty of moscow -lilac ,a super lilac.
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-04-28
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-04-23
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2021-04-28
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2013-06-07
very large and highly fragrant blooms ,my favourite lilac.
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Date: 2021-06-06
Location: Franklin, WI
Location: Franklin, WI
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-05-31
Location: Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Date: 2016-04-30
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-07
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2022
Full sun.
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2015-05-23
Pretty contrast of the rose pink buds with the open white florets
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-11
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 5/7/15
taken with full overcast in the early evening
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 5/7/15
taken with full overcast in the early evening

Date: 2018-05-14
Location: Home Garden
Date: 2017-04-25
Location: Home Garden
Date: 2017-05-04
Young plant.  Second year in garden.
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