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Oleaceae
Japanese lilac
Syringa villosa
Also known as Tree lilac, Japanese tree lilac, Peking lilac
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Lilac · Fragrant · Deciduous Shrub · Spring Blooms · Syringa · Hedge · Cold Hardy · Ornamental Shrub · Border · Asian Native
Late lilac (Syringa villosa) is a robust, cold-hardy shrub prized for its fragrant pinkish-lilac flower plumes that appear later in the season than common lilacs. Plant in well-drained soil with at least 6 hours of sunlight and water regularly until established. It requires minimal pruning — simply remove spent blooms right after flowering to encourage the next season's display.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.3–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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