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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