Valentine Cherry vs Madame Lemoine White Lilac - TreeTime.ca

Valentine Cherry vs Madame Lemoine White Lilac

Prunus x kerrasis Valentine

Syringa vulgaris Madame Lemoine

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NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

Valentine Cherry
Madame Lemoine White Lilac

Valentine Cherry is a hardy deciduous shrub and hybrid variety of the University of Saskatchewan Sour Cherry released in the Romance Series of dwarf sour cherries in 2004. This medium-sized self-pollinator produces tart, bright red fruits in large clusters in late summer that are perfect for jams, pies and jellies. Valentine Cherry is ideal as a landscape or orchard tree.

Madame Lemoine White Lilac is great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. Winner of the Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society, the Madame Lemoine White Lilac has fragrant white flowers that are great for cutting and blue-green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. This attractive shrub is also deer resistant.

Valentine Cherry Quick Facts

Madame Lemoine White Lilac Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 2.5 m (8 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: high
Maintenance: high


Fall colour: orange
Flowers: white
Flowers: white, fragrant
Berries: large, red
Fruit size: 4.5g
Flavor: tart
Harvest: early to mid August
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: madame lemoine french lilac, mme lemoine lilac