Lilacs
Botanical name: Syringa
Lilacs
Botanical name: Syringa
Description
Species of Lilacs
Lilacs 'Declaration'
Lilacs 'Declaration' is an early-flowering lilac developed by Don Egolf at the National Arboretum in the United States. It is a cross of the Sweet Charity and Pocahontas variants. It blooms earlier than most lilacs and produces an abundance of purple-red single blooms with a fine fragrance.
Lilacs 'Maiden's Blush'
Lilacs 'Maiden's Blush' produces fragrant, pink flowers that do best when grown in full sun. This plant's flowers bloom up to a week and a half earlier than most lilac cultivars and may be used in mixed shrub borders or as flowering hedges for dramatic effect. Lilacs 'Maiden's Blush' was developed by Frank Skinner from Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada, in 1966.
Lilacs 'Old Glory'
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), lilacs 'Old Glory' are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, lilacs 'Old Glory' are also featured in poetry.
Lilacs 'Elinor'
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), lilacs 'Elinor' are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, lilacs 'Elinor' are also featured in poetry.
Common lilac 'Beauty of Moscow'
The common lilac 'Beauty of Moscow' is a quickly growing cultivar that blooms very fragrant double flowers. Leonid Kolesnikov crossbred the 'I.V. Michturin' and the 'Belle de Nancy' to develop the common lilac 'Beauty of Moscow'. Kolesnikov named the common lilac 'Beauty of Moscow' to celebrate his Russian heritage. The common lilac 'Beauty of Moscow' is a great cut flower resistant to pests, disease, and weather.
Common lilac 'Vestale'
Common lilac 'Vestale' is a cultivar of lilac that bears extremely fragrant flowers with hues of pure white. Unlike many lilac cultivars, this plant displays some flexibility in its sunlight toleration, thriving in partial shade as well as full sun. However, it may take from ten to twenty years for this plant to reach its full height and blooming potential.
Common lilac 'President Lincoln'
Displaying blooms of Wedgewood blue, common lilac 'President Lincoln' outdoes other species of its genus that present flower colors ranging from lilac to mauve to white. This French hybrid lilac was given the name "President Lincoln" to honor the famed leader. With common lilac 'President Lincoln''s incredible appearance, its delectable fragrance is just the cherry on top!
Manchurian lilac
Manchurian lilac is an attractive lilac with characteristic white flowers tinged with blue. It blooms in late spring and early summer and is a popular garden shrub for its showy and abundant flowers, which have a spicier fragrance than regular lilac. This lilac has better resistance to mildew than other species and grows well in pH-neutral, well-drained soil.
Common lilac 'Mrs Edward Harding'
A cultivar of lilac, common lilac 'Mrs Edward Harding' is bushy and medium-sized with red-purple, distinctively fragrant double flowers and heart-shaped leaves. While this cultivar requires full sun to reach its maximum blooming potential, it is reasonably hardy and can tolerate exposure to wind and rain.
Lilacs 'Pink Perfume'
Lilacs 'Pink Perfume' is a lilac hybrid with richly fragrant bright pink flowers that bloom at the end of spring or early summer. This coloration is quite distinct from the lilac-colored flowers of the parent plant. This is one of the shorter lilacs, growing to a maximum height of 1.8 m
Lilacs 'Palibin'
Lilacs 'Palibin' is distinct for its compact size and low-spreading habit. A cultivar of Syringa meyeri, it explodes with tiny, pale pink flowers in late spring. As a dwarf cultivar, this plant is ideal for small gardens, especially if the owner wishes to attract butterflies and hummingbirds.
Common lilac 'Monge'
A large French lilac cultivar, the common lilac 'Monge' grows up to 3.5 m tall and wide. Introduced in 1913 by Émile Lemoine, this cultivar celebrates 18th-century French mathematician Gaspard Monge. With richly scented flowers, the common lilac 'Monge' can form beautiful mixed shrub borders, hedges, or foundation plantings.
Common lilac 'Avalanche'
Originally derived from common lilac (Syringa vulgaris), common lilac 'Avalanche' differs in that it possesses white flowers rather than purple ones. It's a cultivar given the name "Avalanche" for the mass of pure-white blooms it produces, giving the visual effect of a rush of snow.
Common lilac 'Charles Joly'
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), common lilac 'Charles Joly' are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, common lilac 'Charles Joly' are also featured in poetry.
Common lilac 'Yankee Doodle'
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), common lilac 'Yankee Doodle' are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, common lilac 'Yankee Doodle' are also featured in poetry.
Common lilac
Common lilac is a shrub native to the Balkan Peninsula that blooms with a fragrant blossom. It grows on rocky terrain and has a suckering habit. The blossoms are used to flavor honey, sugars, food, and other delights and farmed for its fragrant flowers in the spring.
Villous Lilac
Villous Lilac (Syringa villosa) is also known as “Late Lilac” because it blossoms later in the season than the common lilac. It’s a shrub that can grow up to 4 m tall and has flowers that can be purple, red, white, or pink. Villous Lilac is indigenous to Korea, eastern Russia, and northern China.
Lilacs 'Josee'
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), lilacs 'Josee' are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, lilacs 'Josee' are also featured in poetry.
Lilacs 'Red Pixie'
Lilacs 'Red Pixie' is a compact shrub variety of lilac that grows only to about 1.5 meters tall, compared with other varieties of lilac that can grow to five times that height. The plant's name reflects both the variety's size as well as the color of its blooms; the plant has light red flowers in the spring. Gardeners appreciate the lilacs 'Red Pixie' for its attractive flowers as well as its appeal to butterflies, hummingbirds, and pollinators.
Common lilac 'Albert F. Holden'
A cultivar of lilac, common lilac 'Albert F. Holden' is appreciated for the silvery blush on its deep purple flowers and for the cultivar's noted resistance to powdery mildew. This shrub grows at a rather fast rate, with its life expectancy potentially reaching 30 years in ideal conditions.
Syringa oblata
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), syringa oblata are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, syringa oblata are also featured in poetry.
Lilacs 'Esther Staley'
Lilacs 'Esther Staley' has heart-shaped leaves and early blooms. These flowers begin as magenta buds, blooming into lilac-pink flowers with a pleasant fragrance. This cultivar was derived from Syringa vulgaris and Syringa oblata var dilatata and was named for a Californian plant pioneer of the same name.
Persian lilac
The persian lilac, which is smaller than typical lilacs, is a flowering shrub that is widely utilized in flowery hedges and foundation plantings. Its pale lavender blossoms are delicately perfumed and attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
Lilacs 'Smsjbp7'
The Lilac cultivar, lilacs 'Smsjbp7', is also known as 'Boomerang Dark Purple' in recognition of its purple blooms which grow in uniquely long tubes topped by wide-spreading four-petalled flowers. This cultivar enjoys a particularly long blooming season with early spring blooms and repeat blooms through summer into early fall. This Lilac was selected in Grand Haven Michigan and patented in 2013.
Common lilac 'Madame Lemoine'
Common lilac 'Madame Lemoine' is one of the most exquisite white lilac cultivars. Spring buds are yellow but develop into glistening white double flowers in late spring/early summer. Common lilac 'Madame Lemoine' was bred by the renowned French family of horticulturalists the Lemoines, after whom it was named as well. It is a winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Juliana lilac 'Superba'
The juliana lilac 'Superba' is distinguished by its resistance to lilac diseases like powdery mildew. It is named for its small leaves and small clustered flowers, but its parentage is unknown. Hardy, versatile, heat-resistant, and great for attracting pollinators, the juliana lilac 'Superba' won the Award of Garden Merit as a highly desirable scented shrub.
Common lilac 'President Grevy'
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), common lilac 'President Grevy' are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, common lilac 'President Grevy' are also featured in poetry.
Syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, syringa reticulata subsp. amurensis are also featured in poetry.
Juliana lilac
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), juliana lilac are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, juliana lilac are also featured in poetry.
Common lilac 'Sensation'
A variant of lilac, common lilac 'Sensation' is an extremely popular variant due to its unusual bicolored flowers, which are purple and tinged with white edges. The fragrant flowers appear in late spring, assuming full sun, and have such expansive blooms they cover the majority of the vine.
Japanese tree lilac
The japanese tree lilac is a fragrant flowering tree native to northern China that is perfect for the garden or street. With full sun and moderate water, its masses of small blooms will appear in early summer and emit a pleasant scent. Though the japanese tree lilac is relatively hardy on the whole, the flowers are susceptible to late frosts.
Dwarf korean lilac
Dwarf korean lilac is a spreading woody perennial. Urban gardeners particularly favor this plant, mainly because of its propensity to grow in urban conditions. The word pubescens within the scientific name translates to "downy," which was allocated due to the downy texture of the plant's leaves.
Little-leaf lilac
Famous for both their intoxicating aroma and their beautiful colors (they usually come in shades of purple, but can also be white or pink), little-leaf lilac are a mainstay at parks and gardens around the world. Symbolic of love in many cultures, little-leaf lilac are also featured in poetry.
Wolf's lilac
Wolf's lilac is a prized shrub from Russia to Korea. Its thick leaves give it a full and healthy appearance when it’s not in bloom. The plant gets plenty of attention in the springtime, when the bush is covered with fragrant, draping flowers.
Care Guide for Lilacs
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