Plant: Scentara® Double Blue Lilac
Lilac · Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'SMNSHBBL'
Size: 2 gal
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More about this plant
An upright deciduous lilac reaching 6 to 8 feet tall and wide, carrying fragrant spring flowers built from intricate doubled florets that read purple and shift blue in sunlight. Foliage is plain green and the plant shows excellent disease resistance and is rarely browsed by deer. It needs full sun, ideally eight or more hours, and average well drained soil, and prefers alkaline conditions. Large enough to screen or mass, it also cuts well for the vase. It was named 2025 Flowering Shrub of the Year.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 2a-8b
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
An upright deciduous lilac reaching 6 to 8 feet tall and wide, carrying fragrant spring flowers built from intricate doubled florets that read purple and shift blue in sunlight. Foliage is plain green and the plant shows excellent disease resistance and is rarely browsed by deer. It needs full sun, ideally eight or more hours, and average well drained soil, and prefers alkaline conditions. Large enough to screen or mass, it also cuts well for the vase. It was named 2025 Flowering Shrub of the Year.
- Flowers
- Intricate doubled florets in purple tones that shift blue in sunlight, described as having a delicate seashell like effect, borne in spring.
- Pruning
- Blooms on old wood, so prune immediately after flowering. Lilacs need a minimum of about 1,700 hours below 45 degrees F each year to flower well.
