Syringa vulgaris

Common Lilac

 

 

Description:

 

·        Ornamental shrub/persists indefinitely once planted

·        Leaves are simple and oval with sharply tapering pointed tips, petioles being roughly half the length of the leaf

·        Flowers are most commonly lilac-purple in dense panicles about 10-20 cm tall

·        Occasionally flowers are white in colour

·        Flowers fragrant

 

 

Habitat:

 

·        Persisting after cultivation

 

 

Distribution: