Lilac - Common purple

It has light purple flowers occurring in clusters amid the dark-green heart-shaped leaves. Captivating fragrance, gorgeous flowers. Lilacs can withstand severely cold winters (even -35 degrees C) and in fact the species does not grow well in areas without significant frost in wintertime. In North American gardens, this is a very hardy shrub. The Common Purple Lilac, Syringa Vulgaris, is well-known and loved by gardeners all over the world for its beauty and fragrance; one of the most powerful fragrances emitted by a plant. This species of lilac, the purple lilac, produces suckers - new shoots that sprout from the base of the shrub, or from the roots. This deciduous shrub is used as a hedge or as an individual accent plant. ... more information