| Description | Miss Canada Lilac( Syringa) is a nonsuckering Lilac that flowers later than most other Lilac. |
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| Pronunciation | (si-RING-gah) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, the less light the fewer the flowers |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | single , dark pink buds, light pink to rose pink, blooms after most other lilacs |
| Fruit | seeds in loose clusters of brown beaked dehiscent capsules |
| Leaves | opposite, simple, glossy green leaves |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 6-9 by 6-9 feet HS, this Lilac doesn't produce suckers |
| Maintenance | There are many different ways to prune a Lilac. The most drastic is to cut them down to the ground. Using this method I have had ones sucker back and regrow while others that didn't make. 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. Width can be controlled by pruning them back 1-2 or more nodes. Drastic pruning may delay flowering a few years. Since Lilacs bloom on next season’s wood, prune after they are done blooming |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings |
| Native Site | Syringa is a genus of about 20 species of shrubs and small trees from Southeast Europe to East Asia" (#144) |
| Cultivar Origin | Cumming, 1967 |
| Misc Facts | I have seen this listed as x Prestionae and also in the Villosae group |
| Notes & Reference | 104-Lilacs A Gardeners Encyclopedia (Fiala) |
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