| Description | A hybrid compact lilac with pale purple flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (si-RING-A) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4(3)-9 |
| Sunlight | This plant prefers full sun. In the shade the flower production will suffer. The plants in my yard are getting shaded and only bloom on the top branches because of the shade. |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | dark purple buds, lighter two tones when in bloom, single flowers, blooms after the more commonly grown Lilacs |
| Fruit | beaked dehiscent capsule |
| Leaves | simple, green leaves, not as glossy as many other Lilac, little if any fall color, may suffer from powdery mildew in the fall, best planted where it has good air circulation, multiple stems |
| Dimensions | up to 10 feet, the plants in my garden are slow compact growers as is stated in the literature, too large for use near the house, best used as specimen plants or in shrub borders, can be used in corner plantings as long as given 6-8 feet from the corne |
| Maintenance | Since Lilacs bloom on next season’s wood, prune after they are done blooming. There are many different ways to prune a Lilac. The most drastic is to cut them down to the ground. I have had ones sucker back and regrow while others that didn't make it using this method. You can cut out the old stems and let the new suckers fill in thinning them to the desired amount. On many old plants we have removed all the suckers and left a few of the old stalks. Pruning them up to bare base stems, turning the plant into a small tree. Drastic pruning may delay flowering a few years |
| Propagation | dividing off a sucker, soft softwood cuttings, grafting |
| Cultivar Origin | Isabella Preston, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa Ontario Canada, 1936. |
| Misc Facts | Has been placed in the Vilosa group. (syn. Syringa x prestoniae 'Royalty') |
| Notes & Reference | #104-Lilacs A Gardeners Encyclopedia (John Fiala) |
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