Tree Lilac

The Japanese tree lilac is very hardy and able to withstand winter temperatures as low as 30 degrees below zero. Lilac lovers prefer the mutiple-stemmed, large shrub. It’s dark green leaves blending with it’s fragrant lavender flowers are a favorite for spring-time landscapes. The Ivory Silk Tree Lilac is useful as a specimen or a street tree, as well as in a group, screen, or windbreak. The Tree Lilac is also called a Japanese tree lilac or Ivory Silk lilac. This small deciduous tree has recently attracted the interest of urban foresters as a small tree for planting under power lines. It flowers more heavily than other lilac species. Ivory Silk is probably the most trouble free and tough lilac that is available. The leaves are similar to the common lilac shrub, dark green and oppositely attached to a shiny brown, stout stem. The Tree Lilac, Syringa reticulata, 'Ivory Silk' is a heavily flowering tree, covered by large plumes of small white flowers in the beginning of summer. ... additional information