Maiden's Blush Lilac
Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Maiden's Blush'
Early Flowering Lilac
An exceptional spring blooming lilac with overwhelmingly fragrant pinkish-purple flowers in upright panicles; compact, multi-stemmed habit, very hardy, limited suckering, good as a low hedge; full sun and well-drained soil, somewhat susceptible to disease
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Maiden's Blush Lilac is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.
Ornamental Qualities
Maiden's Blush Lilac features showy panicles of fragrant shell pink flowers rising above the foliage in early spring | which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has bluish-green deciduous foliage. The heart-shaped leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.
Planting and Growing
Maiden's Blush Lilac will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 9 feet. It tends to be a little leggy | with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground | and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations | and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level dry to moist
Mature Size 12'Hx9'W
Cutflower Favorite
Flowers are shell pink with strong fragrance
Flowers in early spring
Attracts butterflies
Zone 2a
Likes average to moist soil




