Syringa x 'MINUET' Canadian lilac, Preston lilac
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
1-1,5m
usual width
1-1,5m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
May-June
location
full sun
USDA zone (lowest)
3 (down to -40°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Minuet is a dwarf variety of Canadian lilac. It produces tubular, sweetly scented, light mauve flowers composed in erect panicles, coming out about 2 weeks later than flowers on common lilacs i.e. mid to end May. It grows slowly, making a dense, rounded shrub.Lance-shaped leaves are 6-12 cm long, deciduous, deep green and partly glossy. These lilacs do not make suckers, they are not weedy unless grafted on common lilac. Growing slower than common lilac they can be used as substitutes in areas where tall shrub would be a problem. Pruning is usually not recommended, but if you need to trim or re-juvenile the plant do so immediately after flowering. Deadheading will increase number of flowers for the following year.
Canadian lilacs come from several hybridizing of syringa reflexa and syringa villosa, plus other varieties. The first one was bred by Isabella Preston from Ottawa, Canada, in 1920´s and the result was a beautiful and extremely hardy shrub. Others followed later. According to the latest terminology they are now called only “syringa x” (or just “syringa”) removing “x prestoniae” followed by variety name.
Lilacs can be grown in many soil types. For best result use reasonably fertile, moist but well-drained soil, preferably neutral or alkaline. Full sun for profuse flowering. Fully hardy to -40°C (USDA zone 3).
Last update 05-02-2012
SIZES and PRICES
shrub
height 30-50 cm
785 Kè
shrub
height 80-100 cm
2 260 Kè
half-standard
height of stem 100 cm, crown width 10-20 cm
2 750 Kè
half-standard
height of stem 100 cm, crown width 10-20 cm
2 750 Kè
shrub
height 50-60 cm
895 Kè
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
