Scentara Double Blue Lilac

Syringa x hyacintha

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 6-8′

Width at Maturity: 6-8′

Spacing: 5-6′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Mounding

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Reddish-Purple fading to Pink

Flower Size: Clusters of small flowers

Flowering Period: Early Spring

Flower Type: Cluster

Fragrant Flowers: Yes

Foliage Color: Medium Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun in South

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 6.5-7.5 (Neutral)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer

Description

When it comes to fragrant lilacs it just doesn’t get any better than Syringa hyacintha, and Scentara Double Blue won’t disappoint! In spring, abundant clusters of purple flowers with seashell shaped petals take on blue tones in the sun, which is what they like best. A very heavy bloomer that has demonstrated superior disease resistance. Plant this one near patios, decks porches and other outdoor living spaces where the pretty flowers and wonderful fragrance can be enjoyed from closer up.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 6 to 8 feet tall and equally as wide, the Scentara Double Blue Lilac is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a natural hedge in landscape and flowering shrub borders. Perfect near patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living spaces. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, cottage gardens, cut flower gardens or purple or blue theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 5 to 6 feet apart for solid hedges; 12 feet or more apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Plant your Scentara Double Blue Lilac in full sun in northern zones and provide some shade or filtered sun during the hottest part of summer afternoons in Zone 8. Likes a moist but well-drained soil with pH close to neutral. Add pelletized lime if your soil is extremely acid. Fertilize once, in early spring, with a light application of an organic plant food or slow-release shrub & tree fertilizer. Prune as necessary after bloom in spring.

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