Plant: Miss Kim - Lilac
Lilac · Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A slow growing, dense and rounded deciduous lilac carrying four to six inch panicles of very fragrant lilac purple flowers in late spring and early summer. The dull dark green elliptic leaves reach about five inches and take on a burgundy cast in fall. It wants full sun and moist, well drained loam or high organic matter soil near neutral pH, and it shows excellent resistance to powdery mildew. Compact enough for small spaces and walkways, it works as a border, hedge, foundation shrub or specimen and draws butterflies and hummingbirds. 'Miss Kim' was discovered in 1947, released in 1954 and holds the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 9 ft tall and 7 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 3a-8b
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A slow growing, dense and rounded deciduous lilac carrying four to six inch panicles of very fragrant lilac purple flowers in late spring and early summer. The dull dark green elliptic leaves reach about five inches and take on a burgundy cast in fall. It wants full sun and moist, well drained loam or high organic matter soil near neutral pH, and it shows excellent resistance to powdery mildew. Compact enough for small spaces and walkways, it works as a border, hedge, foundation shrub or specimen and draws butterflies and hummingbirds. 'Miss Kim' was discovered in 1947, released in 1954 and holds the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
- Flowers
- Four to six inch panicles, often borne in pairs, of very fragrant lilac purple flowers from late spring into early summer.
- Foliage
- Dull dark green elliptic, acuminate leaves up to 5 inches long and 2 inches wide, turning burgundy in fall.
- Native range
- Northeast China and Manchuria to Korea
