French Hybrid - 'Beauty of Moscow'
A strikingly tall multi-stem spring blooming shrub featuring dark green leaves and intensely fragrant double white flowers with pink overtones. The Beauty of Moscow is very hardy, with atendancy to sucker that makes it an ideal hedge to keep out rying eyes of nosy neighbours!
Fragrant - Beauty of Moscow
Fragrant - Beauty of Moscow
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Botanical (latin) name: Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'
Zone 2
Height 12ft (4m) Spread 10ft (3m)
summer leaf colour - dark green Fall leaf colour - yellow
Seeds small oval woody Bark - smooth grey
Blossoms - copious white/pink Fragrance - exquisit perfume
Habit - Upright vase shape Placement - full sun, moist well drained soils
Why would you want this shrub? Screen hedge, middle or back row in a mulri-row planting

Description:
The Beauty of Moscow Lilac features showy panicles of fragrant white flowers with shell pink overtones rising above the foliage in mid spring, which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has bluish-green foliage throughout the season. The heart-shaped leaves do not develop any appreciable fall colour. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. The smooth gray bark is not particularly outstanding.

This 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 making it an excellent choice as the back or middle row in a multi-row planting

This is a moderate maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer.

Beauty of Moscow 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.

The Difference Between French Hybrids and Preston Lilacs

Characteristic..........French Hybrid........Preston

Suckering...................YES......................NO

Fragrance.................INTENSE..............SUBTLE

Bloom Period..........EARLY SPRING......LATE SPRING

Blossoms..................DOUBLE............. SINGLE

Leaves.......................SMOOTH.............CRENELATED

Screen Shrub
Screen Shrub

Mature Plant in Bloom
Mature Plant in Bloom

Price last updated on Feb 11, 2014 Listing of Lilacs

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