Lilac

This beautiful dwarf shrub is ideal for smaller landscapes. Blooms profusely with heady, fragrant flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Lovely fall color. Lovely combined with daylily, forsythia, flowering almond, and spring bulbs.

Companion Plants

Butterfly Bush

Euonymus

Forsythia

Plant Details

Common name

Lilac
Botanical name

Syringa patula
Variety

Miss Kim
Zone

USDA Zone 3 (-40°F) to USDA Zone 7 (0°F).
Light

Sun
Height

3-5' (1-1.5 m)
Habit

Rounded
Feed

In spring
Water

1-2 times per week
Bloom Color

Purple
Bloom Time

Spring-summer
Maintenance

Apply mulch

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