LILACBUY is my catalog with pictures of Classic Lilac varieties you may be able to buy during my retail plant sale or mail order Propagated and grown on their own roots for retail sale at the Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY as shown in my lilacs page. Click picture for a larger version that can be saved as wallpaper or studied more closely for inventory information (additional links at bottom of page). Mar-17
'ANDENKEN AN LUDWIG
SPAETH' #086 Lilac with 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, dark purple flowers that bloom for several
weeks in late spring, (Spaeth, 1883).
'AGINCOURT BEAUTY'
#078 Lilac 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.
'AUCUBAEFOLIA' #076
French Lilac with 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.
'BELLE DE NANCY'
#069 French Lilac with 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. The picture on the right may show
available plants as of the previous plant sale if you can see a
price sticker on the side of the pot (click the small picture to
open a larger image that can be studied more closely to see if
there's a price sticker..
'CHARLES JOLY' #042
French Lilac with Purple double flowers Syringa vulgaris,
Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a
foot and a half per year. Double purple-red flowers bloom
for several weeks in late spring, (Lemoine, 1896).
'Clark's Giant'
#080 Lilac has single rosy mauve flowers of enormous floret size on Left. 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.
'CONGO' (Lemoine, 1896)
with bright deep reddish flowers. Syringa vulgaris Hybrid (pots
sometimes incorectly labeled as #9), Zones 3 thru 8, 10 feet x 6 feet,
flowers bloom for several weeks in late May to early June locally
with longer bloom in cool conditions and shorter bloom under warm
conditions.
'DARK NIGHT' #081
Lilac 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.
'DONALD WYMAN' #123
Lilac has single Lavender flowers (S. prestoniae) Zone 3 large
lavender-purple flowers (Skinner, 1944). Mr Skinners Nursery was
in Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada.
'EDWARD J GARDNER'
#082 French Lilac 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' #083 Lilac has Lavender single flowers (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'
#109 Lilac has pink single flowers (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).
'KRASAVITSA MOSKVY'
#084 Lilac has white double flowers from pink buds Syringa vulgaris,
Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a
foot and a half per year. (Kolesnikov, 1974).
'MISS CANADA' #087
Lilac has pink single flowers (S. prestoniae)
zones 3 thru 8, pink non suckering tree to around 9 feet, zones 4
to 6, sun (Cumming, 1967).
'MME LEMOINE #063
French Lilac has white double flowes Syringa vulgaris,
Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a
foot and a half per year. (Lemoine, 1896).
'MICHEL BUCHNER'
#045 French Lilac has pink double flowers Syringa vulgaris,
Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a
foot and a half per year. (Lemoine, 1885).
'MONGE' (Lemoine, 1913)
with reddish purple flowers are so similar I really cant tell
them apart usually unless they are very large and mature. Syringa
vulgaris Hybrid (pots sometimes incorectly labeled as #9), Zones 3 thru 8, 10 feet x 6 feet,
flowers bloom for several weeks in late May to early June locally
with longer bloom in cool conditions and shorter bloom under warm
conditions.
'NADEZHDA' #072
Lilac has blue double flowers Syringa vulgaris,
Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a
foot and a half per year. Double bicolor lilac-blue flowers
bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Kolesnikov, <1970).
Leonid Kolesnikov (1893-1973) was a hybridist in Moscow, Russia.
'POCAHONTAS' #113
Lilac has purple single flowers 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'
#052 Lilac has blue double flowers 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, 1886).
'President Lincoln'
#376 Lilac with blue-single flowers Syringa vulgaris,
Common lilac, hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a
foot and a half per year. We will stick cuttings from this
lilac in one gallon pots each spring for mail-order (if they
root). (Dunbar, 1916).
'PRIMROSE' #162
Lilac has yellowish-white single flowers 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).
'PURPLE GLORY' #073
Lilac has purple single flowers 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.
'ROCHESTER' #090
Lilac has white single flowers zones 3 thru 8,
single white flowers that bloom for several weeks in late spring
to early summer. We propagate this by dividing the root ball
evenly in half, repotting both halves, returning at least one to
the field. I paint what I believe the variety name is,
the crop #90 and the year on the side of the pot.
'SYLVAN BEAUTY'
#085 Lilac has purple single flowers
'SARAH SANDS'
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' Purple
single flowers Crop 092 Lilac (Maarse, 1938).
'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.
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