2019 Lilacs For Sale LOMBARD GARDEN CLUB Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy' (Beauty of Moscow) • Height and width: 10-12’ tall and 8’ wide • Originated by: Leonid A Kolesnikov, 1947 • Habit: Deciduous, upright • Foliage: Green • Color class/Flowers: 1/D • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: Pinkish lilac buds open to very pale lavender tint on white. Abundant panicles on a vigorous plant. It is stunning in bloom. Insignificant fall foliage. Syringa 'Penda' (Bloomerang ©) • Height and width: 4-5’ tall and 4’ wide • Originated by: Tim Wood 2008 • Habit: Deciduous, upright, dwarf • Foliage: Green • Color class/Flowers: VII/S • Bloom time: Late spring and re-blooms until frost Notable information: Dark purple buds open to medium purple blooms. Deer resistant. Classic lilac fragrance. Common Purple • Height and width: 12-15’ tall and 8-12’ wide • Originated by: Native to Balkans/SE Europe • Habit: Deciduous, upright, vase shaped • Foliage: Blue-green • Color class/Flowers: I/S • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: Hardy, vigorous white version of the “old fashioned lilac.” Perfect for an informal hedge or screen. Common White • Height and width: 12-15’ tall and 8-12’ wide • Originated by: Native to Balkans/SE Europe • Habit: Deciduous, upright • Foliage: Blue-green • Color class/Flowers: I/S • Bloom time: Midseason • Notable information: Hardy, vigorous white version of the “old fashioned lilac.” This is perfect for an informal hedge or screen. Syringa ×hyacinthiflora ‘Declaration’ • Height and width: 6-8’ tall and 6-7’ spread • Originated by: Egolf & Pooler, 2006 • Habit: Deciduous, upright, rounded • Foliage: Green color • Color class/Flowers: VI-VII/S • Bloom time: Early Notable information: Excellent specimen or background plant. May also be used as an informal hedge of screen. A nice cut flower for a fragrant bouquet. The name refers to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 4 July, 1776. Syringa (Villosae Group) ‘Donald Wyman’ • Height and width: 8-10’ tall and 4-10’ wide • Originated by: Frank L. Skinner, 1944 • Habit: Deciduous, upright, dense • Foliage: Dark green • Color class/Flowers: VII/S • Bloom time: Late Notable information: Panicles of purple buds open to single, reddish- purple flowers. Blooms on large pyramidal spikes later than Common Lilac. Excellent specimen or hedge plant. Spicy scent. Insignificant fall foliage. Named for Donald Wyman (1904-1970), horticulturist of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (1935-1970) Jamaica Plain, MA. Syringa (Villosae Group) ‘Minuet’ • Height and width: 6-8’ tall and 4-6’ wide (semi-dwarf) • Oiginated by: William A Cumming, 1972 • Habit: Decidous, small dene • Foliage: Dark green, large • Color class/Flowers: VII/S • Bloom time: Late Notable information: This hybrid has three species in its genetic makeup (S. josikaea, S. komarowii and S. villosa). Its growth rate is about half as fast as most late lilacs: 5 feet in 10 years. Tends not to sucker. Insignificant fall foliage. Spicy scent. Award of Merit 1981, Western Canada Society for Horticulture. Syringa pubescens subsp. patula ‘Miss Kim’ • Height and width: 6-7’ tall and 5-6’ wide (semi-dwarf) • Originated by: Meader & Yeager, 1954 • Habit: Deciduous, broad-spreading • Foliage: Dark glossy green that turns burgundy-red in fall • Color class/Flowers: II/S • Bloom time: Midseason to late Notable information: One of seven seedlings raised from seed collected by E. M. Meader in the Pouk Han mountains of Korea in 1947. Purple buds open to fragrant violet florets. Royal horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993. Named by Elwyn Meader for “any or all beautiful Misses Kim of Korea. Syrina vulgaris ‘Mme Lemoine’ • Height and width: 10’ tall and 10’ wide • Originated by: Lemoine Nursery 1890 • Habit: Deciduous, wide-spreading • Foliage: Green • Color class/Flowers: I/D • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: Named in honor or the wife of Emile Lemoine, the originator of many French hybids. This showy lilac bears panicles of double white flowers on a wide-spreading bush. Royal Horticulture Awards: award of Merit, 1891; Award of Garden merit, 1937 & 1993; First Class Cetificate, 1897. Very Fragrant. Syringa vulgaris ‘Monge’ • Height and width: 10-12’ tall and 8-12’ wide • Originated by: Lemoine Nursery, 1913 • Habit: Deciduous, upright • Foliage: Blue/green • Color class/Flowers: VII/S • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: This outstanding French hybid lilac has very showy, short, broad panicles of single, redish-purple florets. The flowers are held on long stems that lend themselves to great cut flowers. Named for Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), French mathematician and physicist. Syringa ×hyacinthiflora ‘Mount Baker’ • Height and width: 10-12’ tall and 10-12’ wide • Originated by: Frank L. Skinner, 1961 • Habit: Deciduous, upright • Foliage: Green • Color class/Flowers: I/S • Bloom time: Early Notable information: Marketed in Germany as ‘SCHNEEWEISSCHENtm. This cultivar is very hardy. It blooms before French hybrid lilacs and is very fragrant. A large shrub suited for background use. Named for Mount Baker in Washington State. Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ (Dwarf Korean) • Height and width: 4-5’ tall and 6-8’ wide (dwarf) • Originated by: Origin not known, pre-1920 • Habit: Deciduous, compact, low spreading • Foliage: Dark green, small and glossy leaves that turn reddish- bronze is fall • Color class/Flowers: V/S • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: Marketed as Dwarf Korean lilac. This dwarf variety has an excellent uniform habit and deep reddish-purple buds that open to fragrant single, pinkish-lavender flowers. Named for Ivan Vladimirovich Palibin (1872-1949), Russian botanist. It produces profuse blooms at an early age. Excellent low growing hedge. RHS Awards: Award of Merit, 1984; Award of Garden Merit, 1993. Syringa ×hyacinthiflora ‘Pocahontas’ • Height and width: 10-12’ tall and 10-12’ wide • Originated by: Frank L. Skinner, 1935 • Habit: Deciduous, upright • Foliage: Dark green • Color class/Flowers: II/S • Bloom time: Early Notable information: Deep maroon-purple buds open to single deep violet florets. A profuse bloomer, covering plant with purple blossoms in spring before French hybrid lilacs. Noted for Pocahontas (ca 1595- 1617), an Indian princess, daughter of Powhatan, chief of the Algonquian Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia, U.S.A. Syringa vulgaris ‘President Lincoln’ • Height and width: 8-10’ tall and 10’ wide • Originated by: John Dunbar, 1916 • Habit: Deciduous, upright • Foliage: Rich green • Color class/Flowers: III/S • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: Named for Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the U.S.A. An open-pollinated seeding of the old ”Alba Virinalis” (pre 1841). Medium blue, tall, leafy grower with large trusses and captivating fragrance. This mildew resistant French hybrid is a good grower that produces basal shoots readily. Small tubular flowers grow in large, dense conical-shaped clusters. Syringa ×chinensis ‘Saugeana’ • Height and width: 10-12’ tall and 5-10’ wide • Originated by: Pierre Saugé ca, 1822 • Habit: Deciduous, broad-spreading, round-topped • Foliage: Green • Color class/Flowers: V-VII/S • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: A variety of Chinese Lilac with similar characteristics except blossoms are darker than the species. Named for the originator, Pierre Saugé (1757-1835), florist 1807-1835 at 13 rue de la Santé, Paris, France. Excellent hedge plant. Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ • Height and width: 8-10’ tall and 8-12’ wide • Originated by: Eveleens Maarse 1938 • Habit: Deciduous, upright • Foliage: Blue-green • Color class/Flowers: VII & I/S • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: Referring to being a sensation, this mutation lilac was the first bicolor with purple florets with a distinctive pure white edge. Syringa ‘Bailbelle • Height and width: 5-6’ tall 4-6’ wide • Originated by: Neal S. Holland pre-1999 • Habit: Deciduous, upright, rounded • Foliage: Green • Color class/Flowers: V/S • Bloom time: Midseason Notable information: Marketed as TINKERBELLE®. In late spring luscious wine-red flower buds open into deep pink blossoms with a pleasing, spicy fragrance. Syringa reticulata subsp. reticulata ‘Bailnce’ (Snow Dance) • Height and width: 18’ tall and 20’sprad (tree) • Originated by: Bailey Nurseries • Habit: Deciduous, spreading • Foliage: Dark green • Color class/Flowers: I/S • Bloom time: Very late Notable information: Marketed as Snow Dance TM. Handsome small specimen tree developed as part of Bailey Nurseries ‘First editions TM’ series. More floriferous than most Japanese tree lilacs with large feathery white, fragrant blooms in June. Reddish-brown glossy bark that peels on younger branches. Clumps may have three or more Snow Dance Tree stems. .