American Mountain Ash vs Madame Lemoine White Lilac - TreeTime.ca

American Mountain Ash vs Madame Lemoine White Lilac

Sorbus americana

Syringa vulgaris Madame Lemoine

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American Mountain Ash
Madame Lemoine White Lilac

American Mountain ash is a beautiful, medium-sized ornamental tree that is ideal for residential lots. Mountain Ash blooms with tiny white flowers in the spring, followed by clusters of small red/orange berries in the summer.

American Mountain Ash's berries stay on the tree throughout the winter. This attracts birds and other small wildlife to your landscape as the berries are an important food source during the winter months.

Note:This species is currently unavailable. Grow your own using American Mountain Ash seeds at SeedTime.ca.

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.

American Mountain Ash Quick Facts

Madame Lemoine White Lilac Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 10 m (32 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: scarlet red
Berries: bunches of orange-red
Flowers: white clusters, spring
Flowers: white, fragrant
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: high




Other Names: dogberry
Other Names: madame lemoine french lilac, mme lemoine lilac