Syringa x josiflexa 'Bellicent'
(Lilac 'Bellicent')
Family - Oleaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Raised in Ottowa Canada
Discovered By - Raised by Isabella Preston, plant breeder
Year of Introduction - 1946
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 4m
Width - up to 5m
Location - The Spring Garden, The Wedding Ring Border
Description: A medium-large sized Deciduous Shrub with an upright, bushy habit. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Rose pink buds open to small, pale pastel pink, tubular-trumpet-shaped flowers. The Blooms are held in dense, upright panicles that can reach to 25cm in length. The flowers are sweetly scented and produced from late spring into early summer.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Syringa x josiflexa is the result of a cross between S. josikaea x S. komarowii subsp. reflexa.
Flower:
Rose pink buds open to small, pale pastel pink flowers that are tubular trumpet-shaped. The blooms are held in dense panicles that can reach to 25cm in length. The blooms are sweetly scented and produced in May and June.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Tubular trumpet-shaped flowers in panicles
Flowering time: May, June
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the upright branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.