LILACBUY is our catalog of the Lilacs we grow for sale during our Retail Plant Sale at The Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY 12186. I overwrite my pictures frequently so you should reload each page if you think its possible that your computer has it cached. Helpful comments about this page are highlighted in red. If these pictures don't open click here. 09:35
#086 'ANDENKEN AN LUDWIG SPAETH' Lilac with Purple single flowers (10) Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. 'Ludwig Spaeth' Lilac has single, very dark purple flowers that bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Spaeth, 1883). Clicking on the picture should open a large one that you could save as wallpaper on your computer.
If there is a number on a green dot somewhere on the sign it indicates how many we had for sale in a 7 gallon for $30 as of the date also on the sign. Yellow dot is in a 15 gallon for $50, red dot is in a 25 gallon for $100. Most of what we sell is in a 7 gallon or 15 gallon pot. Scroll Down! Want to purchase? email me or just come to our plant sale and buy plants in bloom.
#076 'AUCUBAEFOLIA' French Lilac with Blue double flowers Crop 076 Lilac also called 'Dappled Dawn' Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. 'Aucubaefolia' is a sport of 'President Grevy', with variegated green and gold leaves, double blue flowers. Introduced by Auguste Gouchault (1851-1936) who was a nurseryman in Orleans, France. Each month I try to take a picture of each crop in the field and publish that picture in my monthly newsletter. Every couple months I'll overwrite these pictures with the most recent of those. Check out my newsletter linked to my home page. You should be able to tell about when I will sell a particular variety based on a growth rate of a foot to a foot and a half a year. They probably will bloom and therefore be for sale when they are about three feet tall.
'DONALD WYMAN' Lavender single flowers Crop 123 Lilac (S. prestoniae) Zone 3 large lavender-purple flowers (Skinner, 1944). Mr Skinners Nursery was in Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada. No colored dot? None for sale yet or if its a number without a colored dot Its probably the first they've bloomed and there will be a green dot next May. When I have plants to sell the picture...
#082 'EDWARD J GARDNER' French Lilac with Pink double flowers Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Double pink flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, the best double pink flowered lilac (Gardner, <1950). Double flowering pink french lilac, one of my favorites. Edward Gardner (1891-1952) was a nurseryman in Horicon, Wisconsin.
'KRASAVITSA MOSKVY' White double flowers from pink buds Crop 084 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. (Kolesnikov, 1974).
'MISS CANADA' Pink single flowers Crop 087 Lilac (S. prestoniae) zones 3 thru 8, pink non suckering tree to around 9 feet, zones 4 to 6, sun (Cumming, 1967). The picture on the right should show the sign in the foreground and the crop visible in the background.
'SARAH SANDS' Purple single flowers Crop 091 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Single dark purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer. (Havemeyer, 1943). No colored dot? None for sale yet or if its a number without a colored dot Its probably the first they've bloomed and there will be a green dot next May. When I have plants to sell the picture...
'SENSATION' Purple single flowers Crop 092 Lilac (Maarse, 1938).
'SUPERBA' Pink single flowers Crop 129 Lilac, Syringa microphylla 'Superba' (Chenault, 1934).
My Lilac Growing Page is a collection of pictures from my free picture-newsletter showing how we grow Lilacs.
#077 'ADELAIDE DUNBAR' French Lilac with Purple double flowers Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 4 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Double purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Dunbar, 1916). Mr Dunbar worked in Rochester, NY. I purchase rooted cuttings from propagation nurseries around the US, pot them into 3 gallon pots and grow them until they are large enough to flower. We dont sell Lilacs until they are in bloom or have previously bloomed proving the variety. Some of our plants are from our own cuttings because I couldn't find liners available anywhere.
#078 'AGINCOURT BEAUTY' Lilac with Purple single flowers Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Single deep purple flowers, bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Slater, 1968). Mr Slater (-1982) had a Nursery in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. In the first year rooted cuttings in 3 gallon pots are kept in a transitional area until they are large enough to overshadow their own pots; suppressing weeds and cooling the soil. I photograph plants so you can watch them grow. Once they flower I will take pictures only when they are in bloom. The year the crop was started may be noted as a 4 digit number with a sharpie marker somewhere near the top of the sign.
#022 'AMI SCHOTT' French Lilac with Blue double flowers Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Double blue flowers with silvery reverse, bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Lemoine, 1933). While in the transitional area sometimes called the staging area we cut plants back until they form multiple stems, water them via overhead sprayer, and fertilize with Espoma Organic fertilizer. You will see the pots crowded close together. Other numbers on the sign include a crop number that we also paint on the side of the pot and the date the plant was first introduced.
#069 'BELLE DE NANCY' French Lilac with double pink flowers Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. We wont sell any until they flower which usually happens when they are several feet tall. Each month I take pictures of plants growing in the Nursery and save them to my free picture-newsletter. Every couple months I save a bunch of these monthly crop pictures as pictures in my catalogs. So if you want to see these plants at different times of the year check my picture-newsletter.
'#042 'CHARLES JOLY' French Lilac with Purple double flowers Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Double purple-red flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Lemoine, 1896). I seek out Lilacs in three groups. First are French Lilacs or double flowered Syringa vulgaris called that because their common ancestor was first introduced by The Lemoine Nurseries in France. Second are those Lilacs that appear to have purple flowers though the color may actually be violet, purple or magenta. Third are Lilacs known in literature as the best in their class. A fourth group are those that I sometimes end up with unintentionally because the cuttings I purchased ended up being something they are not.
'DARK NIGHT' Purple single flowers Crop 081 Lilac (10), Syringa hyacinthaflora lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Deep purple single flowers with a darker purple inner petal that flowers for several weeks in early spring, (Sobek, 1966). John Sobek is a grower in California. Sometimes I have to repeatedly cut back plants that may be somewhat week or spindley so the crop takes a lot longer to mature. When I have plants to sell the picture...
'FOREST KRESSER SMITH' Lavender single flowers Crop 083 Lilac (13), Syringa hyacinthaflora lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Single lavender flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Sobek, ).
'JAMES MACFARLANE' Pink single flowers Crop 109 LILAC (14) (S. prestoniae) Zones 4 thru 8, small non-suckering tree that grows to around 9 feet tall, pink flowers for several weeks in late spring that usually begin to bloom a week or so after Syringa vulgaris, commonly referred to as James Macfarland lilac by mistake (Yeager, 1959). We prune away side branches in the bottom third of the tree. When I have plants to sell the picture...
'KATHERINE HAVEMEYER' Lavender double flowers Crop 043 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Lots of family and friends work with us in the Nursery growing plants in a sustainable fashion where we dont use poisonous substances that might put us or the environment at risk. When I have plants to sell the picture...
#063 MME LEMOINE White double flowered French Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year.
#045 'MICHEL BUCHNER' Pink double flowers Crop 045 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Lilac pink flowers (Lemoine, ). When I have plants to sell the picture...
'NADEZHDA' Bicolor blue double flowers Crop 072 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Double bicolor lilac-blue flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Kolesnikov, <1970). Leonid Kolesnikov (1893-1973) was a hybridist in Moscow, Russia.
'MONGE' Magenta single flowers Crop 088 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Introduced in 1913 (Lemoine, 1913). reddish-purple flowers. Mr Lemoine (1862-1943) was a nurseryman in Nancy, France.
'PAUL THIRION' Red double flowers Crop 070 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Deep reddish-pink double flowers for several weeks in spring (Lemoine, 1915). Mr Lemoine (1862-1943) was a nurseryman in Nancy, France.
'POCAHONTAS' Purple single flowers Crop 113 Lilac Syringa hyacinthaflora lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Purple single flowers for several weeks in spring (introduced by Skinner in 1935). Mr Skinners (1882-1967) Nursery was in Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada.
'PRESIDENT GREVY' Blue double flowers Crop 052 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Blue flowers (Lemoine, ).
'PRESIDENT POINCAIRE' Magenta double flowers Crop 089 Lilac Syringa vulgaris lilacs or the common lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot and a half per year. Magenta-red double flowers (double flowered Syringa vulgaris = French Lilac) and usually grow to 10 or 12 feet (Lemoine, 1913). As they bloom each May I will mark those that have flowered with a locking white tag attached to the highest branch that bore the flowers. The following March we will transplant all that have been so labeled and transfer them to the plant sale location.
'PRIMROSE' Yellow single flowers Crop 162 Lilac Holden Arboretum derived. Maarse. slower growing, Even though it appears in most photos to be yellow its color is a chalk or creamy yellow that only appears yellow in contrast to white (and sometimes even then isn't what the photos show).
'PURPLE GLORY' Purple single flowers Crop 073 Lilac Syringa hyacinthaflora lilacs are hardy in zones 3 through 8 and may grow up to a foot per year. Single bluish-purple flowers that flowers for several weeks in early spring, (Clarke, 1949). Mr Clarke's Nursery was in San Jose, California.
'ROCHESTER' White single flowers Crop 090 Lilac zones 3 thru 8, single white flowers that bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer. Sometimes different varieties of lilacs will arrive all mixed together so we cant seperate them. We just mark those crops for what they are and place them together as one of the crops. This happened back in 2009 when a white flowered variety arrived mixed together with a purple flowered variety. So they are photographed as one or the other variety and when they flower we will label them accordingly.
I am trying to show the name of the hybridist, where he worked and what year the plant was introduced. This can sometimes be evidence as to hardiness but the year is important for those creating period gardens where all plants have to be of or before a certain year.
'SYLVAN BEAUTY' Purple single flowers Crop 085 Lilac Cant get this anymore.
Below I show a current picture of a lilac that I pruned back to 4 inches from around 5 feet, that had only one or two stems, with two date labels in the pot. The earlier date is the date pruned back to 4 inches and fertilized. The more recent date shows when I took the picture. Click for a larger image so you can see the labels with dates.
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Every year I purchase thousands of rooted cuttings from Lilacs, pot them into three gallon pots, then train and grow them (while taking pictures of them) until they flower several years later. The year after they flower I sell them during the plant sale while they are in bloom.
I'm Andrew Van Cleve, chief grower at Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm, and I grow flowering shrubs (Lilacs to sell in May, Old Garden Roses to sell in June, Native Azaleas and Rhododendrons) without fungicide to reveal truly disease resistant plants.
How we grow Lilacs Pictures of Lilacs in the fields We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me