General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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Soil pH Preferences: |
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
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Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
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Plant Height: |
4 to 8 feet |
Plant Spread: |
5 to 10 feet |
Leaves: |
Deciduous
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Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
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Flower Color: |
Lavender
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Bloom Size: |
1"-2"
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Flower Time: |
Spring
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Underground structures: |
Taproot
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Uses: |
Windbreak or Hedge
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Wildlife Attractant: |
Butterflies
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Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
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Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
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Awards and Recognitions: |
RHS AGM
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- Persian Lilac
- Lilac
- Cut-Leaf Lilac
- Accepted: Syringa persica
- Synonym: Syringa protolaciniata
- Synonym: Syringa laciniata
- Synonym: Syringa afghanica
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on May 18, 2018 7:31 PM concerning plant:
The Persian Lilac is a hybrid between the Afghan Lilac x the Cutleaf Lilac from central Asia and is almost completely sterile, not bearing dehiscent brown capsules. It has small, spearhead leaves about 1 to 3 inches long x 1/2 to 1 inch wide. The lilac-colored flower clusters are looser than those of the Common Lilac and are just as fragrant, and can also be used as cut flowers in a vase. Some are still sold at most larger nurseries in the Chicago area. Not nearly as frequently planted as the Common Lilac. I just find it here and there occasionally. It is a nice larger shrub usually about 8 to 10 feet high. The leaves often get mildew in late summer and fall; not having any autumn color like most other lilacs. (There is a good possibility that the Persian Lilac that is occasionally sold by conventional nurseries is really the Rouen Lilac (Syringa x rothomagensis) (also called the Chinese Lilac of Syringa x chinensis, though not from China) that is a hybrid of the Persian Lilac x the Common Lilac that occurred in Rouen, France in 1777. The Rouen Lilac gets 8 to 15 feet high and bears flower clusters to about 6 inches long. The true Persian Lilac only gets 4 to 8 feet high and bears flower clusters to 3 inches long, according to the textbooks.) Therefore, conventional nurseries may have it slightly mislabelled.
Posted by
MaryDurtschi on Sep 1, 2019 8:32 PM concerning plant:
I purchased mine under the common name "Cut-Leaf Lilac." I like variety in everything that I collect, so when I saw those leaves I had to have it. My photo shows the leaves pretty well.
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