LILACBUY is our Lilac Catalog at www.floweringshrubfarm.com . Each underlined blue colored link connects to a collection of pictures of that variety & more information. The upper left hand picture in each collection will open a larger picture enabling you to "climb in and look around a bit". Go to my Home page for other plant catalogs. If the pictures dont open go to www.floweringshrubfarm.com/lilacbuy.htm .
'Andenken an Ludwig Spaeth' & 'Aucubaefolia'
'Dark Night' & 'Edward J Gardner'
'Krasavitsa moskvy' & 'Miss Canada'
'Monge' being compared to 'Sarah Sands' & 'Sensation'
Syringa microphylla 'Superba' & 'President Poincaire'
In March we transplant lilacs from the field into 7 gallon and 15 gallon pots. Each lilac will be assigned an inventory number on a yellow plastic tag we'll attach. Each time I take a picture of that plant I'll take a picture of the tag as well and save the picture so its file name has the picture date, variety name and inventory #. The 5 digit inventory numbers will then be added here. Those that dont have inventory numbers in their pictures may still be in the field. Lilacs that dont have enough upright stems will be cut back and left in the field. What we do and when we do it with pictures.
86) 'Andenken an Ludwig Spaeth' Lilac zone 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris to around 10 feet tall, single dark purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring around Voorheesville, NY. introduced around 1880 10-203 10-205XXG7$30sold051108, 10-206 10-207, 10-209, 11-039, 11-065, 11-066, 11-067, 11-068, 11-069, 11-070, 11-071, 11-072, 11-073, as we dig them up and pot them I'll add pictures to the picture collection, then add the inventory numbers here. Pictures of the plants (currently there are 96) will slowly be added, ten each in each crop page #321 thru #330 (click on them and try them out). Crop 321 Crop 322 Crop 323 Crop 324 Crop 325 Crop 326 Crop 327 Crop 328 Crop 329 Crop 330
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76) 'Aucubaefolia' Lilac also called 'Dappled Dawn' zone 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris varieties usually grow to around 10 9or 12 feet, variegated green and gold leaves, double blue flowers, sport of 'President Grevy' 11-040
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78) AGINCOURT BEAUTY (3), zones 3 thru 8, purple_single We do grow these but I wont sell any until it flowers.
80) CLARKS GIANT (Syringa x hyacinthaflora Lilac), (8), zone4_single_rosy,mauve_huge florets_Clark We do grow these but I wont sell any until it flowers. below
CONGO LILAC (S. VULGARISx) (9), zones 3 thru 8, large red blooms turn purple Not flowering yet.
81) DARK NIGHT (Syringa vulgaris hybrid Lilac (10), zone3_purple_single_Sobek, I have many that may be for sale next year. Watch for the numbers representing one each in a saleable size (picture below). 11-038
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DONALD WYMAN (Syringa prestoniae), I have many that may be for sale next year. Not flowering yet.
82) EDWARD_GARDENER_LILAC_(Syringa vulgaris Hybrid), zone 3 thru 8, double pink flowers for several weeks in mid to late spring around Voorheesville (picture below) (12) the best double pink flowered lilac. Double flowering pink french lilac, one of my favorites, We do grow these but I wont sell any until it flowers then inventory numbers will be listed here..
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83) FOREST KRESSER SMITH Lilac (13), zones 3 thru 8, lavender_single We do grow these but I wont sell any until it flowers.
109) JAMES MACFARLANE LILAC (Syringa prestoniae commonly referred to as James Macfarland lilac by mistake (S. PRESTONIAE) (14), zone 4, pink flowers in june, we train these as non-suckering, small trees to around 9 feet. We prune away side branches in the bottom third of the tree
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87) MISS_CANADA_LILAC_(S. PRESTONIAE Hybrid) zones 3 thru 8, pink non suckering tree to around 9 feet, zones 4 to 6, sun,
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88) 'Monge' LILAC, Syringa vulgaris varieties are hardy in zones 3 thru 8 and usually grow to 10 or 12 feet, moderately fragrant single purple flowers (heavy bloomer) for several weeks in mid to late spring around Voorheesville, introduced in 1913, picture below, you can see the difference in shade in this comparison picture.
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214 Lilac Combo 'Primrose' & 'Krasavitsa moskvy' both are Syringa vulgaris descendents, picture below, has two 'Primrose' cuttings and two 'Krasavitsa moskvy' cuttings in a single pot trained as one plant.
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162) Syringa 'Primrose' zone 3 thru 8, single lemony cream flowers This picture has 'Primrose' on the right and 'Krasavitsa moskvy' on the left. Holden Arboretum derived. Maarse. slower growing, Even though it appears in most photos to be yellow its color is a chalk or creamy yellow that only appears yellow in contrast to white (and sometimes even then isn't what the photos show). 'Primrose' and 'Krasavitsa moskvy' (a white flower from pink buds and a cream colored flower from yellow buds grown as a single shrub in a 5 gallon or larger).
90) ROCHESTER_LILAC_(S.VULGARISx zones 3 thru 8, single white flowers that bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer.
91) SARAH_SANDS_LILAC_(S.VULGARISx), zones 3 thru 8, single dark purple flowers (click thumbnail for picture), bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer. Lilacs in Combination we are growing into large pots for sale at Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm include; 'Monge', 'Sensation' and 'Sarah Sands' (three slightly different purples grown as a single shrub in a 5 gallon or larger),
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129 Superba Lilac, Syringa microphylla 'Superba'
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Looking for pictures in books? Go to my lilac index at; RESEARCH
I'm Andrew Van Cleve, chief grower at Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm, and I grow flowering shrubs (Old Roses, Classic Lilacs, Native Azaleas and Rhododendrons) without fungicide to reveal truly disease resistant plants. I am providing time honored, proven shrubs that are hardy, disease resistant and fragrant locally.
You wont find these plants at your local garden center because most garden centers have labeled them as hard to sell. Usually people are forced to buy them mail order in really small pots (so we grow them big and keep the price low enough so the prices are competetive even if you purchase it mail order at twice the price including shipping).