Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	3-7 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Leaves	Deciduous
Height	6.0
Width (m)	4
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Layer	Shrubs
Growth	Medium
Uses
Utility	Attracts insects, Hedgerow, Wind breaker, Dye, Wildlife habitat
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers
Medicinal	True
Names
Alternate name	Common lilac
German name	true
Taxonomy
Family	Oleaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, District of Columbia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Krym, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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