General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
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

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Common names
  • Common Lilac
  • Lilac
Also sold as:
  • 'Hugh Koster'

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Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2022
Full sun.
Location: Barnes Arboretum at Saint Joseph's University, Merion, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-04-26
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2022
Full sun.

Date: c. 1938
photo from the 1938 catalog, Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, New Je
Location: Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-12

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