Description And Classification Of Species: Table 95
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This section is from the book "A Practical Handbook Of Trees Shrubs Vines And Herbaceous Perennials", by John Kirkegaard. Also available from Amazon: A practical handbook of trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous perennials.
Description And Classification Of Species: Table 95
Botanical Name | English Name | 1 Deciduous 2 Evergreen 3 Vine 4 Herbaceous Perennial | Ultimate Height in feet | Color | Time of Bloom | Remarks |
Syringa chinensis | Chinese Lilac | 1 | 6-8 | Red-purple | May | S. A very free-flowering variety, resembling S. persica, but more rapid in its growth; branches slender and slightly arching. Flowers very fragrant. A. D.G. |
Syringa villosa | 1 | 8-10 | Pink-lilac | May& June | S. Branches upright and stout. Leaves broad, dull green. Flowers in narrow panicles. Valued for its late blooming season. A. G. | |
Syringa vulgaris | Common European Lilac | 1 | 8-10 | Purple | May | S. The most common of the lilacs. It is useful in masses of shrubbery and often used in making coarse hedges or screens. To keep the plant low and bushy they should be pruned severely each year, but pruning must be done immediately after the blooming season. A. D.G. |
Syringa vulgaris var. alba | European White Lilac | 1 | 8-10 | White | May | S. A white-flowering form of the preceding. A. D.G. |
Syringa vulgaris hybrids | A great many varieties of hybrid Lilacs are offered by nursery-men, and below are named a few of the best. They are generally more dwarf in growth than the common lilac, and as they are often grafted on common lilac or privet stock, care should be taken to set the plants very deeply when transplanting. Those marked with a Y have the largest and best blooms. | |||||
-Alphonse Lavalle | 1 | 6-8 | Light blue | May | Double. | |
- Belle de Nancy | 1 | 6-8 | Rose-lilac | May | Double. | |
- Charles X | 1 | 6-8 | Deep red | May | Y. Single. | |
- Counseiller Heyder | 1 | 6-8 | Light blue | May | Single. | |
- Comte Horace de Choiseul | 1 | 6-8 | Red-violet | May | Double. | |
- Condorcet | 1 | 6-8 | Blue-white | May | Semi-double. | |
- Emile Lemoine | 1 | 6-8 | Rose-pink | May | Y. Double. | |
- Jean Bart | 1 | 6-8 | Deep rose | May | Double. | |
- Frau Bertha Dam- | 1 | 6-8 | White | May | Y. Single. | |
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- Jacques Calot | 1 | 6-8 | Rose-pink | May | Single. | |
- Louis van Houtte | 1 | 6-8 | Bright red | May | Single. | |
- Ludwig Spath | 1 | 6-8 | Dark purple | May | Y. Single. | |
- La Tour d'Auvergne | 1 | 6-8 | Violet-purple | May | Double. |
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