Common Purple Lilac vs Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Common Purple Lilac vs Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Syringa vulgaris

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Meadowsweet
Common Purple Lilac

Meadowsweet gets its name from its sweet fragrance from the creamy white flowers. It is a large upright herbaceous perennial shrub. They bloom in early summer, and with the right conditions may remain throughout the season.

Take care of where you’re planting Meadowsweet as it is known to spread.

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.

Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Common Purple Lilac Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Height: 5 m (16 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium


Flowers: white
Flowers: dark purple, extremely fragrant
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: bride wort, mead wort
Other Names: common lilac, french hybrid lilac, lilac