Possibly the truest blue of any lilac, this French hybrid bears thyrses of single, medium blue flowers. It’s a good grower that produces basal shoots readily.
Category: Lilacs
Mme. Lemoine Lilac (Syringa vulgaris ‘Mme. Lemoine’)
Named in honor of the wife of the originator of many French hybrids, Victor Lemoine, this showy lilac bears panicles of double white flowers on a wide spreading bush.
Bloomerang Purple (Syringa x ‘SMSJBP7’ )
Slightly larger than the original Bloomerang®, with large, dark purple flowers. It is very showy in the spring, and continues to amaze with fragrant blooms from mid-summer to frost.
President Grevy Lilac (Syringa vulgaris ‘President Grevy’)
This vigorous, upright grower produces large panicles of starry, double lilac-blue florets.
Beauty of Moscow Lilac (Syringa vulgaris ‘Krasavitsa Moskvy’)
This beautiful lilac produces abundant panicles of double, delicate pale pink flowers on a vigorous, upright plant. It is stunning in bloom.
Ludwig Spaeth Lilac (Syringa vulgaris ‘Andenken an Ludwig Spaeth’)
An old cultivar developed in 1883, this is still one of the best purples available. Its panicle-like thyrses of single, red-purple flowers are produced in early June. Rarely to never fed on by Japanese beetles.


