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Purple Lilac Seeds
Purple Lilac Seeds
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Common Purple Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) is a large shrub with dense foliage and fragrant purple flowers in spring. It can be grown as a specimen shrub or maintained as a hedge.
This open pollinated seed was collected locally from plants fully hardy in Zone 3. Soak the seed in water for 24 hours before stratification.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3
Seed Source: Manitoba
Stratification Required: 2 months cold
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Growing details
- Hardiness reference
- Zone 2 in the cited source; zone system not specified
- Native range
- Europe; not native to Manitoba
- Seed capsule maturity
- August-September in the cited range-wide record
- Growing site
- Full sun and moderate water; alkaline conditions supported qualitatively, with no numeric pH established
- Disease context
- Bacterial leaf spot, blight, canker and powdery mildew are listed concerns
- Spreading habit
- Root suckering can create a spreading shrub; allow for maintenance in hedges and boundaries
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada