Botanical Name: Syringa reticulata
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Common Name: Japanese Tree Lilac  
Plant photo of: Syringa reticulata
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree

 

Height Range

12-25', 25-40'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Japanese tree lilac is a tough plant grown as either a large shrub or small tree. In tree form, it typically grows to 30 feet tall and 20 feet wide with an oval-rounded crown; as a multi-stemmed shrub, figure on 15 to 20 feet tall and wide. Its has showy, fragrant, creamy white flowers that bloom in upright, 12-inch long panicles in late spring to early summer (later than most other lilac species). Some gardeners dislike the privet-like smell of the flowers. Flowers give way to loose clusters of brown capsules that persist into winter. Reddish-brown peeling bark is attractive on younger branches, gradually turning gray with age. Sharply tipped, lanceolate to ovate, dark green leaves; no fall color.