Villosa Lilac is a native shrub of China and has a zone 3-7 for planting in the U.S. It is a smaller lilac than the native lilacs and commonly grows about 8ft high and wide. It is some what slow growing especially if no weed and grass control is used around newly planted plants. One of the nice things about this plant is that it does not spread by roots suckers as the native lilacs do. Blooms in June after most other lilacs have already bloomed. I will have to wait and see if it lives up to its reputation.
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- Pittsburgh gardener
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- I live in the Brighton Heights Neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh PA and recently certified my yard as a wildlife habitat. please feel free to check out my Blog and I hope you enjoy it.When I first bought my property the house was in disrepair and the yard was nothing but dead grass over grown weeds and garbage. It is now a habitat that provides wildlife with the four basic requirements needed to thrive. These are food, clean water, cover from predators, and places to raise young. I have provided these in my small space and will continue to improve on these elements of my garden. I am also an artist and I get a lot of inspiration from my garden. I am fascinated with tiny houses and enjoy cooking and music. I have two adopted cats from a rescue, and I have a one eyed cat that was a stray and needed surgery so I took her in. They are all house cats so they do not tear up my wildlife habitat. They do enjoy sitting in the windows looking at the other animals that visit my yard.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Villosa Lilac
Syringa villosa
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