Common Purple Lilac vs Wild Snowberry - TreeTime.ca

Common Purple Lilac vs Wild Snowberry

Syringa vulgaris

Symphoricarpos spp.

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Common Purple Lilac
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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.

Wild Snowberry is a mix of Common Snowberry and Western Snowberry. Each shrub's size, flower, and berry colour may vary.

This plant is abundant across the prairies. It can be planted alone or as a hedge in small yards. This shrub's ornamental berries persist into winter. Wild Snowberry can be a natural habitat and food source for various animals.

Common Purple Lilac Quick Facts

Wild Snowberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 5 m (16 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: showy white berries persist into winter
Flowers: dark purple, extremely fragrant
Flowers: white and occasionally pinkish
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: medium

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: coralberry, ghostberry, waxberry, wolfberry