Syringa tomentella ssp. sweginzowii

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Price:  £8.50 –+ Add to Basket Family:  Oleaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  Lilac Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  Over 2.4m / 8' Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H5 minimum -10°C to -15°C Pot Size:  1.4L Availability:      Approx. 3 in stock View our Pot Size guide:

An elegant Lilac with an upright habit and long tapering racemes of pinkish lilac flowers in summer with a good strong but delicate scent. 2.5m. Best in good soil in sun or light shade.

Syringa tomentella ssp. sweginzowii is a fairly large deciduous shrub but a neat and tidy grower that won't take up too much space in the garden.  My favourite species.

From China, first collected by Ernest Wilson for Veitch's in Szechuan, 1904.

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