Syringa, Common Lilac, French Lilac 'Charles Joly'

FYI For anyone interested in purchasing this lilac, The Home Depot carries it in a 3 gal. size for $19.98.

Quite hardy and survives neglect and transplanting. Multi-florette in interesting purple/red shade with a darker colored bud.

I love the color of this lilac. It is a very dark purple with just a touch of red. Mine is fragrant although I've found all of my lilacs'...Read More fragrance can vary from year to year.

Mine was planted about nine or 10 years ago and has never suckered. It's a fairly slow grower too.

We have one type of dark-purple lilac with flowers larger than average, and displays a bright-yellow center when fully opened. The petals...Read More aren't yellow, just the stamens, but they contrast so much with the purple that they are quite noticeable. It is an old variety ( my parents bought the house in '63 and the bush was probably planted in the '40's) The problem is, it doesn't have much fragrance, and suckering isn't a problem, ( unlike the lavender ones around it that smell to beat the band but sucker all over the place.) so I have no idea how to get a start. I would like to propegate this one because the flowers are so beautiful even-though they have no smell, pluse the fact that it doesn't sucker, which is a good thing to most people, but means it is not as easy to share as the common lavender kind.