Syringa, Canadian Lilac, Hybrid Lilac, Early Flowering Lilac 'Esther Staley'

This culitvar is widely claimed to have a low-chill winter dormancy requirement in comparison with other hyacinthiflora hybrids. If so, i...Read Moret would be better for planting in Z7/8, with the Descanso hybrids.

The Hyacinthiflora hybrids bloom about 10 days before the common lilacs, and are valuable for extending the lilac bloom season in a mixed planting.

They have the same delightful fragrance as common lilac. They are also shorter and tend to produce their flowers closer to nose level.

All are highly resistant to the powdery mildew and leaf phloem necrosis that often afflict common lilac. Some also have attractive reddish fall color.

All are descendents of crosses between S. vulgaris and S. oblata var dilatata.

This shrub is a hybrid lilac with good cold
hardiness. The parents are S. oblata and S. vulgaris.
The foliage becomes bron...Read Moreze to purplish-red in the fall.