Catalog Description
One of the best lilacs for warm winter areas. In spring, spectacular clusters of single fragrant lavender flowers are produced without winter chilling! Open branched, upright form; use as a hedge, screen or accent. Deciduous. Full to partial sun. Fast grower to 12 feet tall, 6 feet wide. Tissue culture. |
Design Ideas
Plant this Lilac back of the border, where it will burst with fragrant spring flowers—blooming without winter chill—then recede back while other later blooming plants take over.
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Companion Plants
Let the summer-flowering Sunburst Hypericum (Hypericum frondosum `Sunburst`) and Abbotswood Potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa `Abbotswood`) brighten the base of this Lilac.
As a ground cover, or in a container within the border, use the multicolored Painter`s Palette Fleeceflower (Persicaria virginiana `Painter`s Palette`).
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Average Landscape Size
Fast grower to 12 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. |
Key Plant Benefits
One of the best lilacs for warm winter areas. Spectacular clusters of fragrant lavender flowers are produced without winter chilling! Use as a hedge, screen or accent. Deciduous. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Increase watering before spring bloom. Prune after flowering. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Fast Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Erect |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 8 (>90 to 120 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 8 (10 to 20 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 3 (-40 to -30 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Once established needs only occasional water. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full to partial sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Small tubular flowers grow in large and dense conical-shaped clusters
| Flower Color |
| Purple |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Spring. |
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Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Tissue culture |
| Best time to Prune |
| Spring after flowering |
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Attributes
Attracts Butterflies
Border Plant
Deer Resistant
Drought Tolerant
Extremely Hardy
Flowers for Cutting
Fragrant
Hedge Plant
Hummingbird Friendly
Showy Flowers
Spring Flowering
Windbreak
Woodland Garden |
Foliage
Bright green, graceful and large leaves
| Foliage Shape | Heart-shaped |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Green |
| Winter foliage | No Value |
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