Syringa villosa is a dense bushy lilac, with erect branches. Foliage is dark green in summer, no fall color. Rosy colored lilacs are early summer blooming, with a fragrance not typical of lilac. Flowers are held on 3 to 7 […]
Syringa reticulata ( Japanese Tree Lilac )
Syringa reticulata is a large shrub or small tree. Habit is spreading, with oval crown, and with maturity it develops an arching graceful appearance. Bark on stems is like that of a cherry tree, reddish brown with prominent lenticels. Leaves […]
Syringa pekinensis ( Peking Lilac )
Syringa pekinensis is a large shrub or small tree. Growth habit is multi-stemmed, spreading and informal. Foliage is typical of lilacs, summer green, no fall color. Flowers are creamy white, on 3 to 6 inch panicles. Bark is an attractive […]
Syringa oblata ( Lilac )
Syringa oblata var. dilatata is a vigorous, upright to spreading large shrub or small tree, 10 to 15 feet tall, related to S.vulgaris. Leaves are heart-shaped, to 3 inches long. New foliage has a bronze cast to it, changing to […]
Syringa microphylla ( Littleleaf Lilac )
Syringa microphylla is a spreading, dense shrub 6 feet tall, 9 to 12 feet wide. Foliage is medium green, with small leaves, fall color negligible. Lilacs are rosy colored, fragrant, 2 to 4 inch long panicles, early summer flowering, sometimes […]
Syringa meyeri ( Dwarf Korean Lilac )
Syringa meyeri is a dense and uniform lilac. Palibin is a slow growing variety. New foliage has a purple margin, summer foliage is dark green, fall color is unremarkable. Small violet-pink flowers are densely clustered on 4 inch upright panicles, […]
Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac )
Syringa josikaea is an arching, spreading, deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 feet tall, spreading 8 to 12 feet. Leaves are glossy, deep green on top, glaucous below, ovate to elliptic, up to 5 inches long. Flowers are violet-lilac, lightly fragrant, […]
Syringa emodi ( Himalayan Lilac )
Syringa emodi is an upright, vigorous growing, deciduous shrub. Shoots are thick, leaves are oblong to elliptic, up to 6 inches long. Early summer blooming light lilac flowers have an unpleasing fragrance, borne on 6 inches long, erect panicles. Native […]
Synthyris stellata ( Synthyris )
Herbaceous perennial that forms a low-growing clump. Foliage is hairy, heart-shaped, toothed, and dark green. Spike-like racemes of bell-shaped bluish violet flowers with toothed bracts bloom from spring to early summer.
Synthyris pinnatifida ( Synthyris )
Perennial that forms a low-growing clump. Foliage is medium green, 2 inches long, and linear with toothed segments. 4 to 6 inch racemes of tubular blue flowers bloom in spring.
