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French Lilac |
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Common Lilac |
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Lilac |
| 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) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 7b |
| Plant Height: | 11 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 8 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Blooms on old wood |
| Flower Color: | Lavender |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Provides winter interest Guardian plant Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Stolons and runners |
| Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Bees |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
| Posted by Catmint20906 (PNW WA half hour south of Olympia - Zone 8a) on Aug 27, 2014 12:31 PM Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) 'Yankee Doodle' produces a profusion of vivid magenta, fragrant blossoms in the late spring. Flowers best each year if the blossoms are deadheaded immediately after fading. Syringa vulgaris is a larval host plant for the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and the Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies. Prefers cooler summers, and in my Zone 7a garden it is prone to powdery mildew in the late summer. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Catmint20906 | On April 29, 2015 | Bloomed |
| SkirtGardener | On September 12, 2020 | Obtained plant |
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