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(Early-flowering Lilac)
An early-blooming, rock-hardy lilac with snowy white blooms, this 1961 introduction from renowned hybridizer Frank Skinner of Dropmore, Manitoba, bears masses of large conical flower clusters at its branch tips from early to mid-spring. One of numerous cultivars resulting from crosses between common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) and the East-Asian native Syringa oblata, this deciduous shrub offers the features of common lilac but blooms a week or more earlier. It forms a rather open...
Lottah Nursery, Australia
(Early-flowering Lilac, Vesper Song Early-flowering Lilac)
An early-blooming, rock-hardy lilac with striking dark purple blooms, this introduction from lilac hybridizer and guru John Fiala of Medina, Ohio, bears masses of large conical flower clusters at its branch tips from early to mid-spring. One of numerous cultivars resulting from crosses between common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) and the East-Asian native Syringa oblata, this deciduous shrub offers the features of common lilac but blooms a week or more earlier. It forms a rather open...
(Chinese-Hungarian Lilac, Guinevere Lilac)
One of the latest-blooming and hardiest lilacs, this hybrid between nodding lilac (Syringa komarowii ssp. reflexa) and Hungarian lilac (Syringa josikaea) was first developed by the English-Canadian horticulturist Isabella Preston in the early twentieth century. Branching, pyramidal, sometimes arching clusters of fragrant pink, purple, magenta, or white flowers appear at the stem tips in late spring, a week or more after those of common lilac. This upright to arching, medium-sized...
Jesse Saylor
(Chinese-Hungarian Lilac, James MacFarlane Lilac)
This vigorous lilac is distinguished by very large conical panicles of flowers that are purple-red in bud and open to lavender pink. These fragrant blooms appear in early summer atop upright, bushy shrubs with lance-shaped, medium green leaves. Like most lilacs, these set the following year's flower buds shortly after flowering, so plants should be pruned directly after they bloom.
James MacFarlane lilac grows best in full sun and average well-drained soil. It makes a fine feature plant and is...
(Chinese-Hungarian Lilac)
A late-blooming, rock-hardy lilac with showy magenta blooms, this 1936 introduction from the renowned English-Canadian horticulturist Isabella Preston bears masses of branching pyramidal flower clusters at its stem tips in late spring. The fragrant flowers open more than a week after those of common lilac. This is one of many cultivars of Syringa x josiflexa, the hybrid between nodding lilac (Syringa komarowii ssp. reflexa) and Hungarian lilac (Syringa josikaea)...
Lottah Nursery, Australia
(Chinese-Hungarian Lilac)
A late-blooming, rock-hardy lilac with showy purple blooms, this 1936 introduction from the renowned English-Canadian horticulturist Isabella Preston bears masses of branching pyramidal flower clusters at its stem tips in late spring. The fragrant flowers open more than a week after those of common lilac. This is one of many cultivars of Syringa x josiflexa, the hybrid between nodding lilac (Syringa komarowii ssp. reflexa) and Hungarian lilac (Syringa josikaea)...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Persian Lilac)
Bringing a fine fragrance to the spring landscape with its lavender-purple blossoms, this graceful, dainty-leaved, deciduous shrub is also attractive after it blooms. A hybrid of cutleaf lilac (Syringa x laciniata) that originated in cultivation, it forms a dense eye-high mass of slender wiry stems clad with dainty narrow lance-shaped leaves. The airy clusters of tubular flowers arise from the woody branch tips from mid- to late spring. Opening a few days after those of common lilac,...
Russell Stafford
(Persian Lilac)
Bringing a fine fragrance to the spring landscape with its pretty lilac-flushed white blossoms, this graceful, dainty-leaved, deciduous shrub is also attractive after it blooms. It forms a dense eye-high mass of slender wiry stems clad with dainty narrow lance-shaped leaves. The airy clusters of tubular flowers arise from the woody branch tips from mid- to late spring. Opening a few days after those of common lilac, the blossoms are visited and enjoyed by bees, hawk moths, butterflies, and hummingbirds....
Jesse Saylor
(Preston's Lilac)
One of the latest-blooming and hardiest lilacs, this hybrid between nodding lilac (Syringa komarowii ssp. reflexa) and late lilac (Syringa villosa) was first developed by the English-Canadian horticulturist Isabella Preston in the early twentieth century. Branching, pyramidal, sometimes arching clusters of fragrant pink, purple, lavender, or lilac flowers appear at the stem tips in late spring, a week or more after those of common lilac. The flowers are borne on the current...
