Lavender Lady Lilac

Syringa vulgaris 'Lavender Lady'

Sku #7215

One of the best lilacs for warm winter areas, Lavender Lady produces spectacular clusters of fragrant lavender flowers in any part of the country, even without winter chill! Blooms mid-season, typically in mid-May. Open branched, upright form is useful as a hedge, screen or accent. Tolerates mild, periodic drought when established. Deciduous.

Light Needs

Partial to full sun

Light Needs
Water Needs

Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.
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Key Feature

Fragrant Spring Flowers

Light Needs

Partial to full sun

Landscape Uses

Border, Cutting Garden, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Hedge, Mass Planting, Privacy Screen, Urban Garden, Windbreak, Woodland Garden

Watering Needs:Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.

Botanical Pronunciation:sih-REEN-gah vul-GAIR-iss

Plant type:Shrub

Deciduous/evergreen:Deciduous

Sunset climate zones:1 - 11, 14, 32 - 45

Growth rate:Fast

Average landscape size:Quickly reaches 12 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide.

Special features:Easy Care, Fast Growing, Low Chill Requirement

Foliage color:Green

Blooms:Spring

Flower color:Purple

Flower attributesFlowers for Cutting, Fragrant, Showy Flowers

Garden styleCottage, Rustic

Design IdeasPlant 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.

Companion PlantsBoxwood (Buxus); Peony (Paeonia); Black-Eyed-Susan (Rudbeckia); Coneflower (Echinacea); Maiden Grass (Miscanthus)

Care

Care Information

Thrives in well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soils. Needs good air circulation. Water deeply, regularly in the first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Once established, reduce frequency; increase frequency again before and during spring bloom period. Fertilize in early spring. Prune after flowering.Pruning time: late spring to early summer, after flowering.

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