- Hardiness Zones: 3-7
- Mature Size: 20-30' tall x 15-25' wide
- Habit: Upright oval becoming rounded
- Growth Rate: Medium
- Bark: Red-brown; similar to cherry with distinctive horizontal striping
- Leaf Color: Dark green
- Fall Color: Poor like most lilacs
- Flowers: Showy creamy white panicles in early June; fragrant but not particularly pleasant
- Fruit: Warty brown capsule not ornamental
- Disease & Insect Problems: None serious including powdery mildew
- Culture: Likes well-drained soil; pH adaptable; full sun for best flowering; prune after flowering
- Recommended Cultivars (if any):
‘Ivory Silk’---tight crown; heavy flowerer at young age
‘Summer Snow’---rounded; flowers heavily
Author Notes: A small tree form lilac with showy early summer flowers. Considered an ornamental tree and best used as a specimen or street tree. The most trouble-free lilac available and found as single or multi-trunked forms.