Common Purple Lilac vs Dolgo Crab Apple - TreeTime.ca

Common Purple Lilac vs Dolgo Crab Apple

Syringa vulgaris

Malus x Dolgo

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Common Purple Lilac
Dolgo Crab Apple

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.

Dolgo Crab Apple is one of the hardiest species of crab apple.

This fruit tree accent tree combination is commonly used in urban landscapes.

Dolgo Crab Apple produces clusters of white flowers before its deep green foliage emerges. Its small apple-like fruit is great for jams and jellies.

Common Purple Lilac Quick Facts

Dolgo Crab Apple Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 5 m (16 ft)
Height: 10 m (33 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 10 m (33 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Flowers: dark purple, extremely fragrant
Flowers: white
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none

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: dolgo apple