Syringa x persica 'LACINIATA' Persian lilac
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
1,5-2,3m
usual width
1,5-2,3m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
May-June
location
full sun
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
This Persian lilac is a hybrid between syringa afghanica and syringa laciniata, moreover it received a variety name identical with the second parent: Laciniata. It has finely textured foliage – the leaves are deeply cut, small, light to mid green, deciduous. The branches are densely covered with foliage but yet the shrub offers a fine, airy feeling. Flowers of this lilac are soft lavender-violet to light mauve, composed in narrow, erect or slightly arching racemes, very fragrant. They come out in early summer and are best deadheaded just after flowering to promote formation of flower buds for the next season. Or, you can use this time for light pruning to keep the plant compact, mainly in young age.
Lilacs are easy to grow. They will take almost any soil but will thrive in deep, fertile, well-drained soil that is neutral or slightly alkaline. Grow this one in full sun. Fully hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).
Last update 09-02-2012
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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.
