Syringea vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Pronunciation: sur-ING-guh vul-GAIR-iss
Family: Oleaceae
Plant type: Deciduous tree/shrub
Origin: Europe
Zone: 2
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Mature size
Height: 5-7 m
Spread: 4-5 m
Habit: stiffly upright
Form: irregular
Texture: medium coarse
Exposure - full sun
Preferred soil - alkeline
Landscape uses - specimen plants, attracts birds, bugs, butterflies, fragrance, hedge row
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Leaves
Arrangement: opposite
Shape: ovate
Size: 5-7 cm x 3-3.5 cm
Margin: entire, sinuate
Characteristics: simple, soft flexible, glabrous
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: pannicle
Colour: white, purple, pink, violet
Size: 15 x 8 cm clusters of 1 cm flowers
Time: April May
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Fruit type: Capsule
Colour: Brown
Time: August September
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Stem
Description: smooth, multi stem trunk
Colour: silver brown
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Propagation - cuttings, seed, division
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Pests - leaf miner, scale, stem borer, aphids, adelgids, leaf spot, blight
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