Syringa meyeri (Meyer Lilac, Dwarf Korean Lilac)

Syringa meyeri (Meyer Lilac, Dwarf Korean Lilac)  



Pronunciation: sur-ING-guh MY-er-eye
Family: Oleaceae
Plant type: Deciduous Shrub
Origin:  Garden 
Zone:  3
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Mature size 
  Height: .7 - 1.3 m   
  Spread:  1 - 1.5 m
Habit: Dense Upright
Form: Oval Horizontal round
Texture: medium
Exposure -  full sun
Preferred soil -  humus rich well drained
Landscape uses -  specimen plant, mixed shrub border, fragrance, summer interest 
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Leaves 
Arrangement: opposite
Shape: Elliptic ovate
Size: 2 cm x 1.5 cm
Margin: entire
Characteristics: pinnate venation, soft flexible, glabrous  
Colour: green
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Flowers 
Inflorescence type: floriferous pinnacle  
Colour: showy, violet, pink, blue, purple
Size: 10 cm clusters of .5 cm flowers
Time: June July
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Fruit type: Capsule
Colour: Brown, insignificant 
Time: August
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Stem 
Description: silvery, multi stemmed trunk
Colour: Silver grey 
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Propagation  seed, cuttings
Comments -  compact deciduous shrub 
Pests - anthracnose, root rot, aphids, meeli bugs, scale, crown rot

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