Common Purple Lilac vs Western Mountain Ash - TreeTime.ca

Common Purple Lilac vs Western Mountain Ash

Syringa vulgaris

Sorbus scopulina

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Common Purple Lilac
Western Mountain Ash

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.

Western Mountain Ash is a popular ornamental tree native to the western part of North America. Its attractive, white clusters of flowers bloom in early summer, making way for red, yellow or orange fruit in the fall. If the fruit doesn't catch your eye, Western Mountain Ash's autumn colours will capture your–and the birds's–attention.

Common Purple Lilac Quick Facts

Western Mountain Ash Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 5 m (16 ft)
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: bunches of orange-red berries appear in late summer
Flowers: dark purple, extremely fragrant
Flowers: white
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: 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: cascade mountain ash, greene mountain ash