Prune as needed immediately after flowering.Perfect as a specimen and for foundation plantings.Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and insect pollinators.This tree shows resistance to bacterial blight, powdery mildew, scale insects and lilac borers. No serious insect or disease problems.Prefers organically rich, moist, slightly acidic soils with good drainage.
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Tolerates light shade, but the best flower production occurs in full sun. A full sun lover, this plant is easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils.Recipient of the prestigious Gold Medal Award of The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
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Drought resistant and free of pests and disease, this Japanese Tree Lilac is attractive as a small landscape tree or large shrub. Equally handsome is the lustrous, reddish-brown exfoliating bark with horizontal lenticels, reminiscent of cherry bark. The erect branches are clothed in lanceolate to ovate, dark green leaves that remain attractive in summer. The blossoms give way to loose clusters of tan capsules that persist well into the winter months. Flowering begins at a young age on this sturdy, compact tree. long (15-30 cm), packed with fragrant, tiny creamy-white flowers adorn the tree. In early summer, a profusion of huge clusters, 6-12 in. Mary Lee Minor is a member of the Earth, Wind and Flowers Garden Club, is an accredited flower show judge for the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs and a former sixth-grade teacher.Award-winner Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' (Japanese Tree Lilac) is a large shrub or small tree with an oval to rounded crown. “Snowdance” is one with full blossoms, so maybe that’s it. My quest it to find the cultivar name for our tree. The Bucyrus Tree Commission will be moving forward to replace more than 30 trees that were removed from Plymouth Street with smaller trees.Īll week, I have noticed other Japanese lilacs around town. In the last two weeks, the special qualities of the ivory silk lilac have led to its placement on a list of trees intended to be used on tree lawns here in Bucyrus. That attribute makes it a prime candidate for street tree lawns. Foliage is dark green with minimal fall color. Blooms prolifically in June with slightly fragrant, white flowers. There is another virtue in its behavior: It handles pollutants and salt well. Upright spreading to rounded, deciduous tree. If you are a gardener who is into careful and consistent fertilization, make note that this tree does not like high nitrogen applications that come when you fertilize lawns. As they mature, the spreading stretches from 15- to 25-feet-wide and some to even 30-foot spans. Make sure they are 12 feet way from a fence. It is suggested that trees be planted 12-to 15-feet apart, and that is trunk to trunk. When planted in mass, a cover of major consequence can be created while the tree continues its upright character. It will attract hummingbirds and is bird-friendly, which I think means birds can take cover, or perhaps build nests in its density. Held upright and stately by a reddish-brown bark, this tree brings low maintenance. In fact, they partner well with hostas, a shade lover. Large leaves lead to shade, keeping their dark green color even through heat waves. Once blossoms fade, the soft green skeleton that held tiny petals remains for a continuing textural interest. Upright, pyramidal to oval habit Large clusters of creamy-white flowers Elliptic to ovate dark. The Syringa reticulata is absolutely a super-sized version of a lilac, fragrance and all. For the best flowering, plant ivory silk trees in full sun. Its delicate, creamy white blossoms in early summer produce a subtle sweet lilac scent. This tree has flowering panicles nearly 1-foot-long that taper into a chubby spike form. When I displayed it for our recent flower show, Joy Lauthers brought a stem of hers, too. There are several cultivars, or named varieties, of this tree. It can be considered a multi-stemmed or tree-form plant. Flowering begins at a young age on this sturdy. The tree is referred to as an ivory silk Japanese lilac tree. Award-winner Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' (Japanese Tree Lilac) is a large shrub or small tree with an oval to rounded crown. Intending to find one for our own property, life went on and that never happened.Īnd now in the yard of our new location, there is one. Gene Turney selected that tree and was so proud of it. One was planted outside the secretary’s office at the Crawford County Fairgrounds, right after the new office opened sometime around 1995. For such a long time I have known and loved the ivory silk lilac tree.
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