The Lilac (Syringa) Is Coming Out. These are the varieties we have in stock.

 

We may not know it under its Latin name but everyone recognises English Lilac

All shades from whites to pinks to purples available. You can have a lilac tree, small mid sized bush or quiet a large bush eventually at about 5-6ft. Also available are standard which is a small tree with a fixed height. Syringa have blossom, fragrance and colour no garden should be without a spring showstopper Lilac. You may choose to prune it as a bush or allow it to grow into a small tree and definitely plant a scrambling late flowering viticella clematis to grow through the framework for a later flower.

Often not known is the miniature varieties which are fabulous and may suit your space better.

Syringa Meyerei Palibin

This sweet little lilac has been growing successfully in a few spots in my garden in heavy soil for years and it is one of my favourite border shrubs. 4ft in height and no special treatment required sun or partial shade. It is so dainty. We have Miss Kim and Josee which also can be kept smaller 1.2-1.5m 

Syringa vulgaris Charles Joly

Syringa vulgaris Alice Harding

Syringa vulgaris Sensation

Syringa vulgaris Katherine Havemeyer

Syringa vulgaris Primrose

Most of the vulgaris varieties comfortable grow to 2.5-4m depending on how you choose to prune them back.

Syringa Vul. Ludwig Spath

Syringa vul. Sensation

Syringa vul Paul Dechannel

Syringa villosa Miss Canada

This is a villosa variety we also have Telimena, Agnes Smith, Royalty and Larksong. Villosa is commonly known as late lilac flowering several weeks after vugaris varieties.

Syringa chinensis varieties  available are Lilac Sunday, Saugeana, Royalty and Bicolour. As the name suggest the originate from China. They appear to have flowers both at the end of the  branch tips like vulgaris varieties and also at the end of the lateral buds.They can make very good specimen shrubs wit h branches often hanging like a fountain.

Macrophilla Superba has a smaller more dainty leaf known also as little leaf lilac. It has rosy pink flowers and can also be kept smaller at 1.5m 

 Lilacs generally like sunny position and a good prune after flowering.