| Description | Bloomerang Lilac (Syringa) is a small fragrant lpurple flowers. Reblooms with much lesser amounts of flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (si-RING-gah) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, someshade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | The flowers are pink to purple, borne in panicles that cover the plant. In my garden, they bloom from the end of May through mid-June, with a few smaller blossoms throughout the summer. |
| Fruit | Seeds are borne in loose clusters of brown-beaked dehiscent capsules. |
| Leaves | Leaves are the opposite: simple, glossy green leaves that can suffer from powdery mildew in the fall, I have seen only a little mildew on my plants |
| Stems | Has prominent raised lenticels. |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | 3-4 by 3-4 feet (HS), probably larger at 5-6 by 5-6 feet |
| Maintenance | prune after flowering |
| Propagation | PPAF, cuttings |
| Native Site | "Syringa is a genus of about 20 species of shrubs and small trees from Southeast Europe to East Asia" (#144) |
| Misc Facts | "Genus name comes from the Greek word syrinx meaning tube or pipe in reference to the pith-filled but easily-hollowed stems of some genus plants". (#144) |
| Author's Notes | The initial bloom on my plant covers the plant with blossom. I get only a few flowers after that and they are much smaller and sparse at best. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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