Japanese Tree Lilac

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Urban Tree Collection, North Walk, Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Strawberry Hill Nursery, McGuire Gardens, Bailey Nurseries, Edgewood Nursery, Deyneka's Nursery

Description

Large shrub or small tree with stiff, spreading branches developing a somewhat oval to rounded crown. Plants reach 20' to 30' in height, 15' to 25' in spread. Flowers perfect, white, fragrant, borne in large, terminal, 6" to 12" long, and 6" to 10" wide panicles, in early to mid-June, effective to 2 weeks; extremely showy in flower. Bark cherry-like, reddish brown to brownish on young and old stems, marked withprominent horizontal lenticels, becoming gray and scaly on older trunks.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

bark, fragrance, flowering season