Bloomerang Dwarf Purple Lilac

Syringa x ‘SMNJRPU’ USPP 29,831; CBRAF

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8a Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3′

Width at Maturity: 3′

Spacing: 2.5 for solid hedges; 5’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Mounding

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Lavender-Purple

Flower Size: Clusters of small flowers

Flowering Period: Spring, Summer, and Fall!

Flower Type: Cluster

Fragrant Flowers: Yes

Foliage Color: Medium Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun in South

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 6.5-7.5 (Neutral)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer

Description

Taking up just a fraction of the space in the garden than its larger growing cousins, ‘Dwarf Purple’ is the latest addition to the Bloomerang Lilac series. As with other varieties in the series, this dwarf tops out at only 30 to 36 inches tall and wide blooms for months instead of weeks! Abundant clusters of fragrant lavender-purple flowers come in spring and then the plant reblooms in summer and fall continuing to frost. The second bloom isn’t quite as much as the first, but it’s still quite showy. Its smaller size and compact, mounded form make it a perfect fit for small garden spaces and pots, planters and other containers. In zones 7b and 8a we suggest some shade or filtered sun in the mid-afternoon hours during summer.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing in a compact rounded mound 30 to 36 inches tall and wide, the Bloomerang Dwarf Purple Lilac is ideal for use as an accent or specimen in smaller garden spaces and container or in groupings or as a low hedge or border plant in larger spaces. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, purple theme gardens, cut flower gardens, butterfly gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 2.5 feet apart for solid hedges; 6 feet or more apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Bloomerang Lilacs are easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade, depending on your climate. In cooler northern zones plants will grow in full sun. In southern zones 7b-8a we suggest some shade or filtered sun during the hottest part of summer afternoons. Prefers a soil pH close to neutral. Add pelletized lime if your soil is extremely acid. Fertilize once, in early spring, with a light application of an organic plant food or slow-release shrub & tree fertilizer. Prune as necessary after bloom in spring.

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