Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'
Common Lilac, Magenta Lilac
Perhaps the most popular of all fragrant blooming shrubs, their showy, long flower clusters make excellent cut flowers. Blossoms come in a bluish-lilac color, and many others.
Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy' (Common lilac, French lilac)
Photo/Illustration: Andrea Baranowski
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Syringa vulgaris
( Arch Mckean Common Lilac )
Syringa vulgaris is a leggy, deciduous shrub, somewhat irregular in shape. Leaves are medium green, ovate to heart-shaped, up to 5 inches long.
Syringa vulgaris. LILAC. Eurasia
OLEACAEAE (Olive family)
The fragrant lilac has been tried on campus, but not many specimens seem to have survived; perhaps Stanford's winters are not cold enough.
USDA Plants Database
Syringa vulgaris is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and may seed into the landscape. See a map of the states in which common lilac has escaped (opens a new window).
There are so many cultivars of Syringa vulgaris, it is mind boggling. S. 'Klager's Double Purple' is a good choice with its fragrant, double, purple flowers.
Syringa vulgaris
Lilacs require full sun for maximum bloom, except for areas of the hottest sun, where it needs partial sun. They prefer a slightly alkaline soil (pH 7.5).
Our neighbor Sue has two large lilac trees (Syringa vulgaris) that were planted by her mother when her parents owned the house a generation ago.
Syringa vulgaris was followed to American continent by a parade of exotic Syringa species, most discovered during the competitive age of plant exploration called by one Victorian "the era of Omnium-Gatherum.
Syringa vulgaris, Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 2: 724. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society.
Syringa vulgaris 'Pink Elizabeth' Flower cluster Main Page Previous Cv. Next Cv.
Syringa vulgaris. Common Lilac. Cultivated.
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Forsythia spp. Forsythia. Cultivated.
Syringa vulgaris : Common Lilac - Flowers
Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation' : Sensation Common Lilac - Flowers
Syringa x chinensis : Chinese Lilac - Whole Plant ...
Syringa vulgaris
Other combinations are, of course, possible. For example, heads or umbels may be arranged in a corymb or a panicle.
Achillea sp. (heads in a corymb) ...
Common Lilac
(Syringa vulgaris LINN.)
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The common lilac, Syringa vulgaris, is available in numerous varieties, both single and double flowered.
common lilac Syringa vulgaris
common mallow Malva neglecta
common morning-glory Ipomoea purpurea
common mothewort Leonurus cardiaca
common mouse-ear chickweed; hehine-hauli Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare ...
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Stop 8- Eleagnus umbellata
Stop 9- Magnolia x soulangiana
Stop 10- Caragana arborescens
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Genus Syringa, Olive Family, Family Oleaceae, Syringa Persica, Syringa Vulgaris, China
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light, good drainage, neutral and very well-draining soil also required. Older plants relatively drought-tolerant. The Japanese tree lilac, Syringa reticulata, is especially tolerant of salt, alkaline, and very dry soils. Zone 3-8; Syringa vulgaris ...
Vanhoutte Spirea Stewartia pseudocamellia Japanese Stewartia Stranvaesia davidiana Chinese Stranvaesia Styrax japonicus Japanese Snowbell Styrax obassia Fragrant Snowbell Syringa meyeri Meyer Lilac Syringa reticulata Tree Lilac Syringa vulgaris ...
Lila - Syringa vulgaris
Lila de la India - Azadirachta indica
Lila de Persia - Azadirachta indica
Lima - Citrus medica
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 See also: Syringa, Lilac, Green, May, Japonica
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