General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees
Parentage: Sport of: President Grevy

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Common names
  • Common Lilac
  • French Lilac
  • Lilac
Also sold as:
  • 'Aucubaeifolia'
  • 'Aucutiloba'
  • 'Président Grévy Foliis Variegatis'
  • 'Variegata Gouchaultii'

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Location: Puyallup,Washington
Date: 2014-04-25
lavender blooms when blooming
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-04-27
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-08-08
Location: Puyallup,Washington
Date: 2014-04-25
lilac colored bloom
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-05-17

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