How to tend a Syringa vulgaris

Also known as: Liliacum vulgare (L.) Renault, Liliacum album (Weston) Renault, Lilac vulgaris (L.) Lam., Lilac suaveolens Gilib., Lilac cordato-folia Gilib., Lilac caerulea (Jonst.) Lunell, Syringa latifolia Salisb., Syringa lilac Garsault, Syringa marliensis K.Koch, Syringa nigricans K.Koch, Syringa notgeri K.Koch, Syringa philemon K.Koch, Syringa alba (Weston) A.Dietr. ex Dippel, Syringa albiflora Opiz, Syringa amoena K.Koch, Syringa bicolor K.Koch, Syringa carlsruhensis K.Koch, Syringa cordifolia Stokes, Syringa rhodopea Velen., Syringa vulgaris f. albipleniflora S.D.Zhao, Syringa versaliensis K.Koch, Syringa virginalis K.Koch, Syringa vulgaris var. caerulea Weston, Syringa vulgaris var. violacea Aiton, Syringa caerulea Jonst., Syringa vulgaris var. alba Weston, Syringa cordifolia var. caerulescens Stokes, Syringa vulgaris var. transsilvanica Schur, Syringa vulgaris var. macrantha Borbás, Syringa vulgaris var. pulchella Velen., Syringa cordifolia var. alba Stokes, Lilac vulgaris var. alba (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq, Syringa vulgaris var. purpurea Weston, Syringa vulgaris var. lilacina Sweet, Syringa cordifolia var. purpurascens Stokes, Syringa vulgaris var. rubra Lodd. ex Loudon, Lilac vulgaris var. purpurea (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq, Lilac vulgaris var. violacea (Aiton) Jacques & Hérincq, Syringa vulgaris var. marlyensis F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. colmariensis F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. semiplena F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. albiflora Bluff & Fingerh., Syringa vulgaris var. sibbirica F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. caroli F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. regia St.-Lag., Syringa vulgaris var. virginalis F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. media F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. rubra-maxima F.Neumann, Syringa vulgaris var. coerulea Weston, Syringa vulgaris var. rhotomagensis F.Neumann, Lilac vulgaris var. coerulea (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq, Syringa vulgaris unranked plena Oudin, Syringa vulgaris unranked duplex Kuntze, Syringa lilac var. purpurea (Weston) Thouin, Syringa lilac var. alba (Weston) Thouin, Syringa lilac var. violacea (Aiton) Thouin, Syringa lilac Thouin, Syringa vulgaris f. alba (Weston) Voss, Syringa vulgaris f. coerulea (Weston) Schelle, Syringa vulgaris f. purpurea (Weston) Schelle, Syringa vulgaris f. violacea (Aiton) Schelle, Syringa vulgaris f. plena (Oudin) Rehder, Syringa vulgaris var. plena (Oudin) Rehder, Syringa vulgaris var. albiflora Pančić, Syringa vulgaris var. purpurea St.-Lag., Syringa vulgaris var. caerulea Aiton, Syringa vulgaris var. alba Aiton

Watering

Resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry

Sunlight

Like sunshine, slight shade tolerance, grows in sunny places

Soil

Peat or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Fertilization not much required, dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply fertilizers once in each month in spring before flower budding and before overwintering

Pruning

Remove old, diseased, dead leaves and withered flowers timely

About this plant

Origin
China
Category
Oleaceae, Syringa
Size
Diameter ≥ 10 cm, height ≥ 15 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period March-June, viewing period 3-4 weeks
Flower colors
purple
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