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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.
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Starting this seed
- FirstSoak 24 hoursIn water
- Cold2 monthsCold stratification
- SowAfter the cold stage
- Seed source
- Manitoba
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
How to stratify seed
In the fridge. Put the seed in a bag with a damp medium such as peat moss, vermiculite, sand or coco coir. The medium is only there to hold moisture. Keep the bag in the fridge, above freezing, for the cold period shown, then sow.
Or outside. Sow the seed outdoors in the fall and let winter do the cold period.
The plant these seeds grow into
Growing details
- Native range
- Europe
- Light
- Full sun
- Spread
- Root suckers widen the shrub over timePlan for that in a hedge or on a boundary
- Disease
- Bacterial blight and powdery mildew can occur
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
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