Flower Notes:
Purple (4-6" purple-lilac fragrant panicles borne in mid-May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Green summer foliage with poor fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Prefers slightly acidic soils, but can toplerate a range of pHs
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (1.5-3") are opposite, simple, ovate to lanceolate with an acuminate apex. The tan, 4-sided buds have loose imbricate scales, and are smaller than those of Syringa vulgaris. The greenish-yellow-brown stems become gray with age and develop decurrent lines, with the younger stems exhibiting a slight onion-skin effect.
