Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Esther Staley'
(Lilac 'Esther Staley')

Family - Oleaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 5m
Width - up to 5m
Location - The Stream Area

Description: A large, Deciduous Shrub with an upright, bushy habit and spreading branches. Smooth, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to heart-shaped. Deep reddish-pink buds open to lilac-pink, tubular flowers with a strong, sweet fragrance. The flowers are held in dense panicles on the branches and are produced from mid to late spring.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Deep reddish-pink buds open to pretty, lilac-pink flowers that are tubular in shape. The flowers are held in dense panicles and are produced in April and May. Sweetly scented.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: Tubular flowers held in panicles

Flowering time: April, May

Foliage:

Smooth, mid to dark green leaves are ovate to Cordate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the upright, spreading branches.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to cordate

Propagation:

Cuttings, grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.