Description	A confusing plant, I don't really know what is it's true color? A major nursery lists it as a single purple flower, others of images of deep purple burgundy.
Pronunciation	(si-RING-A)(vul-GAR-is)
Plant Type	All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous
Hardiness Zone	5
Sunlight	full, I have been asked many times "Why doesn't my Lilac flower as good as before". The reason is usually the amount of light. Many plants get less light as the trees grow larger around them. Also Lilacs are plant in one direction light. This means one side flowers more than the otherr
Moisture	average
Soil & Site	average, doesn't like soggy wet
Flowers	single purple, borne on a panicle
Fruit	beaked dehiscent capsule
Leaves	opposite, simple, glossy green leaves that can suffer from powdery mildew in the fall
Stems	raised lenticels on stems
Roots	fiborous
Dimensions	8-15 feet high by 1/2 to 3/4 spread, too large for use near the house, best used as specimen plants or in shrub borders, can be used on corner plantings as long as given 6-8 feet from the corner
Maintenance	Since Lilacs bloom on next season’s wood, prune after they are done blooming. There are many different ways to prune a Lilac. The most drastic is to cut them down to the ground. I have had ones sucker back and regrow while others that didn't make it using this method. You can cut out the old stems and let the new suckers fill in thinning them to the desired amount. On many old plants we have removed all the suckers and left a few of the old stalks. Pruning them up to bare base stems, turning the plant into a small tree. Drastic pruning may delay flowering a few years.
Propagation	cuttings
Native Site	Lilac is native to Europe and has been in cultivation since the 16th century.
Cultivar Origin	A mutation of Syringa vulgaris Monge
Notes & Reference	#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #104-Lilacs A Gardeners Encyclopedia (John Fiala)