Lilac

Syringa villosa ssp. wolfii Oleaceae

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Perennial

Native distribution

Korea and Manchuria

Location

Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection

Source of plant

Forestfarm Nursery

Description

An extremely hardy species medium-sized to large shrub with pale, ash-gray branches and elliptic-lanceolate, taper-pointed, 8-12 cm long leaves. Flowers fragrant, pale violet-purple, borne in wide, loose panicles in June.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4