InvLilac Click on the picture and it may open a larger version with more detail. Reload this page in case your computer has it cached. Every morning I walk among the plants and water those that need it, tagging those in bloom with my yellow labels and taking pictures for the inventory pages. My phone numbers posted around the plant sale allows my customers to call me in from the fields when they wish to make purchases. When I sell a lilac I keep the yellow label for re-use and delete the picture from my server. Click the picture for a larger image you can study more closely or save as wallpaper. Scroll down!
#078 'AGINCOURT BEAUTY' above has Purple single flowers Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Single deep purple flowers, bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Slater, 1968). Mr Slater (-1982) had a Nursery in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. I may decide to keep the first two of any crop to use to propagate from.
#076 'AUCUBAEFOLIA' above has Blue double flowers Crop 076 Lilac also called 'Dappled Dawn' Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. 'Aucubaefolia' is a sport of 'President Grevy', with variegated green and gold leaves, double blue flowers. Introduced by Auguste Gouchault (1851-1936) who was a nurseryman in Orleans, France.
#069 'BELLE DE NANCY' above has double pink flowers Syringa vulgaris, Common lilacs, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. As I sell them I collect the yellow label for reuse and delete that picture from this page..
#80 'Clark's Giant' above has single rosy mauve flowers of enormous floret size Syringa hyacinthaflora Lilac Zones 4 thru 8, 10 feet x 6 feet, single rosy mauve flowers of enormous floret size bloom for several weeks in late May to early June locally with longer bloom in cool conditions and shorter bloom under warm conditions. The first patented Lilac #754 Introduced in 1948 from the Clarke Nursery in San Jose, California.
#123 'DONALD WYMAN' Lilac above has single Lavender flowers (S. prestoniae) Zone 3 large lavender-purple flowers (Skinner, 1944). Mr Skinners Nursery was in Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada.
'KRASAVITSA MOSKVY' above had White double flowers from pink buds Crop 084 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. (Kolesnikov, 1974).
#086 LUDWIG SPAETH above has Purple single flowers (10) Syringa vulgaris lilac, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. 'Ludwig Spaeth' Lilac has single, very dark purple flowers that bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Spaeth, 1883).
If there is only 1 we keep it. But it may
indicate that we will have many more next year.
#063 MME LEMOINE White double flowered French Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year.
#045 'MICHEL BUCHNER' Pink double flowers Crop 045 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Lilac pink flowers (Lemoine, ).
'MISS CANADA' above has Pink single flowers Crop 087 Lilac (S. prestoniae) zones 3 thru 8, pink non suckering tree to around 9 feet, zones 4 to 6, sun (Cumming, 1967).
'MONGE' above has Magenta single flowers #088 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Introduced in 1913 (Lemoine, 1913). reddish-purple flowers. Mr Lemoine (1862-1943) was a nurseryman in Nancy, France.
'NADEZHDA' above has blue double flowers from magenta buds Crop 072 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Double lilac-blue flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Kolesnikov, <1970). Leonid Kolesnikov (1893-1973) was a hybridist in Moscow, Russia.
'POCAHONTAS' above has Purple single flowers Crop 113 Lilac Syringa hyacinthaflora lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Purple single flowers for several weeks in spring (introduced by Skinner in 1935). Mr Skinners (1882-1967) Nursery was in Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada.
'PRESIDENT GREVY' above has Blue double flowers Crop 052 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Blue flowers (Lemoine, ).
'PURPLE GLORY' above has Purple single flowers Crop 073 Lilac Syringa hyacinthaflora lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Single bluish-purple flowers that flowers for several weeks in early spring, (Clarke, 1949). Mr Clarke's Nursery was in San Jose, California.
'SARAH SANDS' above has Purple single flowers Crop 091 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Single dark purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer. (Havemeyer, 1943).
'SENSATION' above has white edged Purple single flowers Crop 092 Lilac (Maarse, 1938).
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#81 'DARK NIGHT' has single purple flowers (10), Syringa hyacinthaflora, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Should be pink-purple (Class VII) single flowers for several weeks in early spring, (Sobek, 1966). John Sobek is a grower in California.
#082 'EDWARD J GARDNER' above has double Pink flowers Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Double pink flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, the best double pink flowered lilac (Gardner, <1950). Double flowering pink french lilac, one of my favorites. Edward Gardner (1891-1952) was a nurseryman in Horicon, Wisconsin.
'FOREST KRESSER SMITH' Lavender single flowers Crop 083 Lilac (13), Syringa hyacinthaflora, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Single lavender flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Sobek, ).
'JAMES MACFARLANE' Pink single flowers Crop 109 LILAC (14) (S. prestoniae) Zones 4 thru 8, small non-suckering tree that grows to around 9 feet tall, pink flowers for several weeks in late spring that usually begin to bloom a week or so after Syringa vulgaris, commonly referred to as James Macfarland lilac by mistake (Yeager, 1959).
'KATHERINE HAVEMEYER' Lavender double flowers Crop 043 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year.
'PAUL THIRION' Red double flowers Crop 070 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Deep reddish-pink double flowers for several weeks in spring (Lemoine, 1915). Mr Lemoine (1862-1943) was a nurseryman in Nancy, France.
'PRESIDENT POINCAIRE' Magenta double flowers Crop 089 Lilac Syringa vulgaris, Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Magenta-red double flowers (double flowered Syringa vulgaris = French Lilac) and usually grow to 10 or 12 feet (Lemoine, 1913).
'PRIMROSE' Yellow single flowers Crop 162 Lilac Holden Arboretum derived. Maarse. slower growing, Even though it appears in most photos to be yellow its color is a chalk or creamy yellow that only appears yellow in contrast to white (and sometimes even then isn't what the photos show).
'ROCHESTER' White single flowers Crop 090 Lilac zones 3 thru 8, single white flowers that bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer.
'SYLVAN BEAUTY' Purple single flowers Crop 085 Lilac Cant get this anymore.
'SUPERBA' Pink single flowers Crop 129 Lilac, Syringa microphylla 'Superba' (Chenault, 1934). We carry 'Superba' in 1 gallon pots because the plant is distinctive, it blooms when quite small and it is sometimes used as a hedge planted two feet apart. A 1 gallon 'Superba' will be sold for $8 as a single plant but if you want more than 10 for a hedge I'll take 20% off. (Inventory06172012, 30)
230 'Znamya Lenina' a Syringa vulgaris introduced by Kolesnikov in 1963 single red flowers