Taxon

Syringa sweginzowii

 
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Syringa sweginzowii - Chengtu lilac
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Chengtu lilac
Family: Oleaceae (olive family)
Synonym: Syringa tigerstedtii
Distribution: China
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Flower Type / Color: S V-I - Single Pinkish-White
Comments: A deciduous shrub that is a late flowering species. Panicles 6-8" long are mostly terminal with some produced from lateral buds in late May to early June. Flowers are fragrant and colored rosy-lilac, fading to light pink. Upright in habit to 10' high and wide. No fall color. Great for shrub border.
Links: Flora of China (eFloras.org) • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)

Locations

  • 1: AZA: BA18 (BA18) • Accession: D1990-0251.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: FLS: BS23 (BS23) • Accession: D2000-1125.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: FLS: CB22 (CB22) • Accession: D2001-1368.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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