Old Fashion Lilac Bush – Syringa vulgaris

Bring the timeless beauty and wonderful fragrance of an old-fashioned lilac to your garden! This Old Fashion Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) produces beautiful purple-to-lavender flowers with an exceptionally sweet fragrance. A lovely choice for a flowering specimen, garden screen, or hedge, it also provides fragrant blooms for cut-flower arrangements.

Plant Details

• Botanical Name: Syringa vulgaris

• Common Name: Old Fashion Lilac

• Plant Height: Approximately 20–30 inches

• Pot: Grown in a 5-inch-deep pot

• Condition: Fully rooted in soil-less growing mix

• Flower Color: Purple to lavender

• Flower Fragrance: Exceptionally fragrant

• USDA Hardiness Zones: 3–8

• Seasonal Habit: Deciduous

Garden Features

• Beautiful Blooms: Purple-to-lavender flowers bring classic spring color to the landscape.

• Wonderful Fragrance: Enjoy the signature sweet scent of traditional lilacs.

• Pollinator Friendly: Flowers attract honeybees and butterflies; the shrub also provides garden habitat for birds.

• Versatile Landscape Use: Plant as a flowering specimen, screen, or hedge.

• Cut Flowers: Fragrant blooms are lovely for indoor floral arrangements.

Growing and Care

Old Fashion Lilac grows and flowers in USDA Zones 3–8. It can be used as a focal point in a flowering garden or planted in a row to create a beautiful hedge or screen.

Shipping Information

• Ships approximately 20–30 inches tall.

• Grown in a 5-inch-deep pot and shipped fully rooted in soil-less growing mix.

• Not shipped bare-root or as a dug plant.

• May be pruned to fit inside a 36-inch shipping box.

• Ships by UPS. We cannot ship to PO Boxes.

• Free shipping is available to most locations. Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories may require a freight surcharge.

• Ships with leaves during spring and summer and dormant without leaves during fall and winter.

Your plant is grown by Scenic Hill Farm, a licensed Oregon nursery.

A dormant, leafless plant during fall and winter is normal for this deciduous lilac. It will resume seasonal growth when conditions are suitable.