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Syringa vulgaris is a large deciduous shrub or multi-stemmed small tree, growing to 6–7 m (20–23 ft) high. It produces secondary shoots from the base or roots, with stem diameters up to 20 cm (8 in), which in the course of decades may produce a small clonal thicket. [1]
French lilac is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Syringa vulgaris of the family Oleaceae; Galega officinalis, of the family Papilionaceae
Lilac wood is not commonly used or commercially harvested due to the small size of the tree. [21] It is a relatively hard wood, with an estimated Janka hardness of 2,350 lbf (10,440 N), and is reportedly good for woodturning [ 21 ] The sapwood is typically cream-coloured and the heartwood can have various streaks of brown and purple.
Resting Under a Lilac Bush or Lilac Bush, Grey Weather (French - Lilas, temps gris) is an oil on canvas painting by Claude Monet, from 1873. It is held in the Musée d'Orsay , in Paris . It is a pendant to Lilac Bush in the Sun (1873, Pushkin Museum , Moscow).
Visit the Idyllwild Lilac Garden nestled in the San Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs and enjoy lilacs of 165 different colors.
Starting in 1870 Lemoine and his descendants (Émile Lemoine (1862-1942) and Henri Lemoine (1897-1982)) introduced over 200 new lilac cultivars. In 1876 he created the double French hybrids and hybridized the first hyacinthiflora lilacs, the result of crosses between the early-blooming Syringa oblata and the familiar S. vulgaris. However, his ...
Apeira syringaria, the lilac beauty, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe and east across the Palearctic to the Russian Far East and Japan. The wingspan is 38–42 mm. The length of the forewings is 19–22 mm. The front wings are coloured violet-grey to bright reddish brown and yellowish in the marginal field.
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula (also Syringa velutina) - syn. S. patula (Korean lilac, [7] Manchurian lilac [8]) The cultivar S. pubescens subsp. microphylla 'Superba' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [9] [10] According to some authorities [11] Syringa meyeri C.K.Schneid. is a synonym of S. pubescens.