ALILACBUY is our Lilac Catalog at The Flowering Shrub Farm in Voorheesville, NY. Each underlined blue colored variety name connects to a collection of pictures of that variety & more information about buying it retail. Most of the lilacs have flowers that are purple, magenta, violet or lavender because I'm always ready to add another of these "purple" flowered lilacs to the inventory. With the other colors I'm more likely to have only one or two of those I think are truly outstanding. When a plant flowers I'll add the pictures I take to each seperate picture collection.
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Above (A); Selling Lilacs at 40 Voorheesville Ave starts May 15 but we are stocking the site right up until that day (00005frontofhouse050809). Click for large image.
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Once it flowers each plant is labeled with a yellow, individually numbered, inventory label (B). As pictures are taken, they will be saved in the web site using that number. Each plant that has flowered is removed from the field and repotted. Soon, it will be at the plant sale. If it has fewer than three stems it will be cut back but the number on the label will allow you to look up the flower picture.
ADELAIDE DUNBAR Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, double purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring,
78) AGINCOURT BEAUTY Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, single purple flowers, bloom for several weeks in late spring, started a crop in 2007
'ALBERT F HOLDEN' (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, single deep purple flowers with silvery reverse, bloom for several weeks in late spring,
We grow the lilacs in pots, under drip line, and feed with organic fertilizer (usually manure). Insect damage is minimized by removing eggs or affected parts and burning them. The lilacs are grown among self sown wildflowers that grow between the pots making it hard for damaging insects to find the lilacs while providing nectar for beneficial insects. If your going to purchase a lilac with magenta, violet, lavender, red-purple (anything that looks purple) or purple flowers, you should come during our plant sale and see many different shades together where they can be compared. We dont sell plants until they have flowered proving the variety, then we sell them when in bloom at our plant sale. It usually takes four to six years for a rooted cutting to grow to flowering size.
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Above (C) is 86) 'ANDENKEN AN LUDWIG SPAETH' Lilac (10) Zones 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris to around 10 feet, single very dark purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, introduced around 1880 started a crop in 2004
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Above (D) is 76) 'AUCUBAEFOLIA' Lilac also called 'Dappled Dawn' Zones 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris sport of 'President Grevy' growing around 10 feet tall, variegated green and gold leaves, double blue flowers, started a crop in 2004
'CHARLES JOLY' (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, double purple-red flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring,
80) CLARKS GIANT (S. hyacinthaflora) (8), Zone 4 rosy-mauve single flowers in huge florets introduced by Clark started a crop in 2004
'CONGO' (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, flowers open wine red then turn purple and bloom for several weeks in late spring, started a crop in 2004
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Above (E&F) is 81) 'DARK NIGHT' Lilac (S. hyacithaflora) (10), Zone 3 thru 8, deep purple single flowers with a darker purple inner petal that flowers for several weeks in early spring, introduced by Sobek (camera shows the darker purple shade as blue), started a crop in 2007
These 'Dark Night' lilacs (above) dont flower until around five feet tall and right now they are less than 6 inches tall. We wont sell them until they have flowered (00110cropdarknight004_010610.jpg). Click for large image.
DONALD WYMAN (S. prestoniae) Zone 3 large lavender-purple flowers started a crop in 2007
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Above (G) is 82) EDWARD GARDENER Lilac (S. vulgaris) in the field (12) Zones 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris to around 10 feet, double pink flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, the best double pink flowered lilac. Double flowering pink french lilac, one of my favorites, started a crop in 2004. Click for large image.
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Above (H) is 83) 'FOREST KRESSER SMITH' Lilac (13), Zones 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris to around 10 feet, single lavender flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, started a crop in 2004
Above is Lilac 'Forest Kresser Smith' on May 8, 2009 (00005forestsmith050809) Click for large image.
109) JAMES MACFARLANE LILAC (14) Zones 4 thru 8, Syringa prestoniae 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 , We prune away side branches in the bottom third of the tree started a crop in 2003
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Above (J&K) is 84) 'KRASAVITSA MOSKVY' Lilac started a crop in 2004
The ones above (K) that have yellow labels in their upper branches flowered in May 2009 so they will be dug in March 2010 and for sale at the plant sale May 15, 2010 for $30. If they have fewer than three stems they'll be cut back while they are in active growth (00110cropkrasavitsamoskvy015_010610.jpg). Click for large image.
#74 'LAVENDER LADY' New crop planned for 2010 (S. hyacinthaflora) Zone 4, lavender single flowers for several weeks in mid-spring,
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Above (L) is 87) 'MISS CANADA' Lilac zones 3 thru 8, pink non suckering tree to around 9 feet, zones 4 to 6, sun, started a crop in 2004
#72 'NADEZHDA' New crop planned for 2010 (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, double bicolor lilac-blue flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring,
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Above (M&N) is 88) 'MONGE' Lilac (S. vulgaris) Introduced in 1913, Zones 3 thru 8, reddish-purple flowers and usually grow to 10 or 12 feet, you can see the difference in shade in the comparison picture (M). started a crop in 2004
'Monge' on left compared to 'Sarah Sands' on right (M). These 'Monge' (N) photographed January 6, 2010 are tall enough to flower but haven't yet (00110cropmonge009_010610.jpg). Click for large image.
70) 'PAUL THIRION' Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, deep reddish-pink double flowers for several weeks in spring, started a crop in 2009
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Above (O&P) is 89) 'PRESIDENT POINCAIRE' Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, magenta-red double flowers and usually grow to 10 or 12 feet, started a crop in 2004
These 'President Poincaire' Lilacs (P) have a couple more years of growing before they will be for sale (00110croppresidentpoincaire016_010610.jpg). Click for large image.
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Above (Q on right) is 162) 'PRIMROSE' Lilac This picture has 'Primrose' on the right and 'Krasavitsa moskvy' on the left. 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). 'Primrose' and 'Krasavitsa moskvy' (a white flower from pink buds and a cream colored flower from yellow buds grown as a single shrub in a 5 gallon or larger). started a crop in 2006
#73 'PURPLE GLORY' New crop planned for 2010
90) ROCHESTER Lilac zones 3 thru 8, single white flowers that bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer. started a crop in 2009
'ROYALTY' (S. josiflexa) Zone 4, lilac-purple flowers New crop planned for 2010
91) SARAH SANDS Lilac (S. vulgaris) zones 3 thru 8, single dark purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer. Lilacs in Combination we are growing into large pots for sale at Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm include; 'Monge', 'Sensation' and 'Sarah Sands' (three slightly different purples grown as a single shrub in a 5 gallon or larger), started a crop in 2004
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Above (R) is 92) 'SENSATION' Lilac started a crop in 2004
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Above (S) is 129 'SUPERBA' Lilac, Syringa microphylla 'Superba' started a crop in 2007
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Above (T) is a picture of small pots containing the lilacs 'Paul Thirion' and 'Rochester'. In spring 2010 we'll pot them into 3 gallon pots, fertilize with manure and put in the upper field (00005paulthirion050809). Click for large image.
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Lilacs in the field (U).
Most of the lilacs have flowers that are purple, magenta, violet or lavender. I'm always ready to add another purple flowered lilac to the inventory. With the other colors I'm more likely to have only one or two of those I think are truly outstanding or sometimes a variety we're just trying out. Click for large image. Please check individual flower pictures for availability Email me.
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I'm Andrew Van Cleve, chief grower at Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm, and I grow flowering shrubs (Old Roses, Classic Lilacs, Native Azaleas and Rhododendrons) without fungicide to reveal truly disease resistant plants. I am providing time honored, proven shrubs that are hardy, disease resistant and fragrant locally.
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