About Sensation

Large trusses of very showy purplish-red florets, each sharply edged in white in late May. Very hardy hybrid of the common lilac.

About Lilac

Nothing says spring in Minnesota like fragrant lilacs. Prune flower clusters as needed immediately after blooming. Long-lived and easy to grow. Deer-resistant.

Pot Size & Price
2 gal. pot
$28.00
Height
8'–15'
Width
6'–12'
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Catalog
S081
Plant Traits
Bees
Butterflies

Other varieties of Lilac

Syringa Aucubaefolia, lavender flowers and yellow-green variegated leaves
Photo from Oregon State University

Variegated

Catalog
S082
Syringa Baby Kim, light lavender clusters of flowers
Photo from Spring Meadow Nursery

Baby Kim

Catalog
S076
Beauty of Moscow lilac, lavender pink flower clusters with even pinker buds
Photo from the Wikimedia Commons by Kor!An.

Beauty of Moscow

Syringa 'Bloomerang', lavender lilac bloom
Photo from Spring Meadow Nursery

Bloomerang Dark Purple

Catalog
S077
Syringa Bloomerang Dwarf Pink, pink lilac flowers
Photo from Spring Meadow Nursery

Bloomerang Dwarf Pink

Bloomerang Purpink, lavender flower clusters
Photo from Spring Meadow Nursery

Bloomerang Purpink

Catalog
S078
Syringa 'Donald Wyman', light lavender blooms
Photo from Bailey Nurseries

Donald Wyman

Catalog
S080
Syringa villosa, lilac bush
Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder

Late-Blooming

Catalog
S075
Syringa Scentara Double Blue, double lilac flowers in lavender-blue
Photo from Spring Meadow Nursery

Scentara Double Blue

Catalog
S079
Syringa Scentara Pura, lavender flowers on a small-scale shrub
Photo from Spring Meadow Nursery

Scentara Pura

 

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