| Preston - 'Royalty' |
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| A very attractive and hardy tall accent shrub with upright panicles of lightly fragrant violet flowers that emerge in late spring.The shrub has a multi-stem upright habit making it a superb specimen plant or privacy hedge. |
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| Royalty Flowers |
| Botanical (latin) name: | Syringa x prestoniae 'Royalty' |
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| Zone | 2 |
| height 9 ft (3m) | Spread 6ft (2m) |
| summer leaf colour - dark green | Fall leaf colour - yellow |
| Seeds small oval woody | Bark - smooth grey |
| Blossom colour - Violet | Fragrance - subtle |
| Habit - Upright vase-like | Placement - full sun, moist well drained soils |
| Why would you want this shrub? | Spring fragrance, vsiual barrier, middle or back row in a multi-row planting |
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Description:
A very attractive and hardy tall accent shrub with upright panicles of lightly fragrant violet flowers that emerge in late spring. The brown seeds and smooth gray bark are not particularly outstanding. The shrub has a multi-stem upright habit making it a superb specimen plant or privacy hedge. Its relatively coarse texture and dark green leaves can be used to stand it apart from other lighter shorter landscape plants with finer foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, 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 but not deer.It The Royalty Lilac will grow to be about 9 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 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 Fascinating Foliage Facts The Preston Lilacs were developed by Isabella Preston in the early 1920s. Born in 1881 in Lancaster England, she emigrated to Canada in 1912 where she worked at the Ontario Agricultural College (now Guelph University) to become the first woman hybridist in Canada. At her death in 1965 she had developed hundreds of hardier varieties of lilies, lilacs, crabapples iris and roses. |
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| Price last updated on Feb 11, 2014 | Listing of Lilacs |
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