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LILAC SPECIES 
VULGARIS NATIVE (Wild Common Lilac) 
The original S. vulgaris, as it still grows wild in the Balkan moun- 
tains. Similar in growth habit to the Common Lilac but with 
sparse, inferior, pale lavender flower clusters. Collectors’ item of 
historical interest. 
VULGARIS ALBA (White Common Lilac) (1613) 
The original white form of the old-fashioned garden lilac. 
WOLFI (Wolf Lilac) (1910) 
From the mountains of Korea and Manchuria; a very hardy, broad, 
late-blooming shrub bearing a profusion of lilac-pink flowers. 
YUNNANENSIS (Yunnan Lilac) (1887) 
Discovered by the French missionary, Abbé Delavay, in Yunnan 
Province, China. A slender, graceful, rapid-growing shrub, best 
fitted for background planting; blossoms pale purplish rose. A 
very late bloomer. 
AMURENSIS (Amur Lilac) 
(1855) 
From the Amur River region of 
northeast Asia. A very hardy 
small tree. Has big, showy 
panicles of dainty, ivory white 
flowers with bright yellow an- 
thers. Tree Lilacs blossom after 
all other lilac blooms are gone. 
AMURENSIS JAPONICA (S. 
japonica) (Japanese Tree Lilac) 
A round-topped tree reported in 
Japan about 1875. Very florif- 
erous; blooms a little later than 
S. amurensis; blossoms are simi- 
lar. Tallest of the Tree Lilacs. 
S. PEKINENSIS (Pekin Lilac). A 
large shrub or small tree from 
north China, first noted in 1857. 
Distinctive, slender foliage; 
spikes of creamy white blos- 
soms. Last Tree Lilac to bloom. 
A very lusty grower. 
Japanese Tree Lilac 
All of our lilacs are grown on their own roots 
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