Cultivar (lilac name)
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specie
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Description
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'Declaration'
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1984
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hyacinthiflora
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Fragrant, dark-reddish-purple flowers, nearly foot-long flower
clusters and open, upright growth habit. In 25 years of testing at the
arboretum, it grew 8.5 feet high and about 6.5 feet wide
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'Old Glory'
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1984
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hyacinthiflora
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Fragrant, bluish-purple flowers, rounded growth habit and disease-tolerant
foliage. 11.5 feet high and a little over 13 feet wide.
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'Purple Haze'
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2003
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chinensis
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A chinese lilac chosen by the Arnold Arboretum in Boston Ma. It
has single reddish purple flowers. The purple is like a haze as identifies
it's name.
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'Beijing Gold'TM ' ‘Zhang Zhiming’
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2004
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pekinensis
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Distinguishing characteristics
include unique primrose-yellow flowers and attractive, cinnamon-colored
bark.
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'Thumbelina'
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2004
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{S. meyeri ‘Palibin’ × S. pubescens subsp. microphylla ‘Superba’}
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Sweet smelling dwarf lilac. Multitudes of medium pink buds open
to light pink.
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'Colby's Wishing Star'
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2003
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{[(S. pubescens subsp. microphylla × S. pubescens subsp.
patula) × S. meyeri] × ? }
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Pinkish lilac color. It is a dwarf reaching 3.5 to 4 feet in height.
It is very fragrant and has recurrent bloom in the season as does Josee.
The shrub is very compact and dense and naturally has a rounded shape.
Bright pink fall foliage.
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'Alashanica'
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pinnatifolia
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It has pinnate leaves (cutleaf) and small florets that are whitish
in color. It is a collection piece for any garden and even if the flowers
are not the same large sweetly fragrant as the French lilacs having the
pinnatifolia in the garden is the most prestige lilac of them all.
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