Common Purple Lilac vs Silverberry (Wolf Willow) - TreeTime.ca

Common Purple Lilac vs Silverberry (Wolf Willow)

Syringa vulgaris

Elaeagnus commutata

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Common Purple Lilac
Silverberry (Wolf Willow)

Common Purple Lilac is a popular lilac. This large shrub provides excellent privacy or wind protection in an attractive package.

Lilac flowers are pleasantly fragrant and add a beautiful lavender colour to your property. Common Purple Lilac is cold hardy, easy to grow, and can tolerate most soil types.

Some people alternate villosa and common purple lilacs to create the impression that the hedge is in flower for almost a full month with the common purple flowering about 2 weeks sooner than the Villosa Lilac.

Silverberry (also known as Wolf Willow) is a common native North American shrub. This beautiful ornamental plant has characteristic silver leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.

Its silver berries remain on the branches through the winter. Silverberry is cold hardy and has some ability as a nitrogen fixer. It can grow on dry to moist sandy/gravel soils. This plant is very low maintenance.

Common Purple Lilac Quick Facts

Silverberry (Wolf Willow) Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 1a
Height: 5 m (16 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: silver, edible
Flowers: dark purple, extremely fragrant
Flowers: yellow
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high

In row spacing: 0.9 m (3 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)


Other Names: common lilac, french hybrid lilac, lilac
Other Names: american silverberry, silver berry, wolf willow