Flower Notes:
Cream (Large clusters of creamy-white flower panicles (12" long by 10" wide) in late June; effective for 2 weeks)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Leafs out early (late March to early April); poor fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Green (Yellow-green fruits (1") in clusters in fall; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to different soils
Range:
Japan, Manchuria, and Northern China
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves simple, opposite, broad-ovate to ovate, 2-5.5" long and half as wide, dark green above and grayish green and reticulate below. Terminal bud frequently absent, or present in 2s, with 4 pairs of scales. Shiny brown stems and bark are heavily lenticelled (like cherry), which provides a means of delineating this from all other Syringa.
