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    Syringa meyeri

                                                           Meyer Lilac

• Form
  • medium shrub
  • to 6' tall x 6' wide
  • spreading oval
  • slow rate
• Culture
  • full sun to partial shade
  • extremely adaptable to various soils and urban stress conditions, especially heat and drought
• Foliage
  • medium to dark green
  • deciduous
• Flowers
  • lavender
  • late-May
  • 4" erect dense showy inflorescences covering the shrub
  • fragrant
  • flowers at an early age

• Function
  • foundation, entranceway, border, row, or specimen shrub
  • informal or formal hedge
• Assets
  • showy lavender fragrant dense flowers in late May
  • very urban tolerant
  • compact Lilac
  • flowers at an early age
• Purpose
  • fragrant flowering, small to medium shrub that is urban tolerant
• Summary
  • known as a relatively compact, smaller-foliaged Lilac with showy late May lavender inflorescences, without powdery mildew problems on its leaves, especially urban tolerant, and a Lilac that can be grown as a formal or informal hedge

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