Common Purple Lilac vs Katherine Havemeyer Lilac - TreeTime.ca

Common Purple Lilac vs Katherine Havemeyer Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Syringa vulgaris Katherine Havemeyer

Common Purple Lilac
Katherine Havemeyer Lilac

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.

Katherine Havemeyer Lilac is a cold hardy French lilac known for its highly fragrant, double flowers. The buds start as a lavender-purple and give way to soft pink blooms that have double the number of petals compared to other Lilacs. The flowers bloom in late spring and can last up to 3-4 weeks.

The Katherine Havemeyer lilac, like other lilacs, is deer-resistant. The flowers are known for attracting hummingbirds, bees, and other pollinators to your landscape.

Common Purple Lilac Quick Facts

Katherine Havemeyer Lilac Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 5 m (16 ft)
Height: 4 m (12 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 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: pink to light purple
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Maintenance: 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: katherine havemeyer french lilac