Common Purple Lilac vs Snowball Viburnum - TreeTime.ca

Common Purple Lilac vs Snowball Viburnum

Syringa vulgaris

Viburnum opulus roseum

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Common Purple Lilac
Snowball Viburnum

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.

Snowball Viburnum is a popular ornamental shrub with prolific flowering. This plant is prized for its round clusters of white flowers that resemble snowballs, delighting children and adults. In fall, its leaves turn vibrant shades of red.

Snowball Viburnum is sought after as a single accent shrub, but can also make a dense hedge or privacy screen.

Common Purple Lilac Quick Facts

Snowball Viburnum Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 3b
Height: 5 m (16 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: low


Fall colour: purplish-red
Bark: gold to gray
Flowers: dark purple, extremely fragrant
Flowers: white
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

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: european cranberrybush, guelder rose, snowball bush, snowball tree