Purple flowering shrubs (pictures of) grown for retail sale by Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm. Clicking on the picture should open more pictures or futher information. Further explanation. If the pictures dont open try going to this page at purple Scroll Down! When I have plants to sell the picture on the right will show a sign with the quantity for sale in the upper right hand side. When I dont have plants to sell but am currently growing them the sign will be far away surrounded by plants, when I have plants to sell the sign will be so close you wont see the plants.
'ADELAIDE DUNBAR' Purple double flowers Crop 077 Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, double purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Dunbar, 1916). Mr Dunbar worked in Rochester, NY.
'AGINCOURT BEAUTY' Purple single flowers Crop 078 Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, single deep purple flowers, bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Slater, 1968). Mr Slater (-1982) had a Nursery in Agincourt, Ontario, Canada.
We dont sell our lilacs until they flower proving to us they are what we think they are. When the right hand picture shows them flowering in a group, either at the plant sale or in the field they probably will be for sale the following spring (watch for the sign to appear).
'ANDENKEN AN LUDWIG SPAETH' Purple single flowers Crop 086 Lilac (10) (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris to around 10 feet, single very dark purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Spaeth, 1883).
'CHARLES JOLY' Purple double flowers Crop 042 Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, double purple-red flowers (double flowered Syringa vulgaris = French Lilac) bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Lemoine, 1896).
'CONGO' (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, flowers open wine red then turn purple and bloom for several weeks in late spring (Lemoine, 1896).
'DARK NIGHT' Purple single flowers Crop 081 Lilac (S. hyacithiflora) (10), Zone 3 thru 8, 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.
'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.
'FOREST KRESSER SMITH' Lavender single flowers Crop 083 Lilac (13), (S. hyacinthiflora) Zones 3 thru 8, Syringa vulgaris to around 10 feet, single lavender flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring, (Sobek, ).
'KATHERINE HAVEMEYER' Lavender double flowers Crop 043 Lilac Syringa vulgaris double lavender pink flowers (double flowered Syringa vulgaris = French Lilac) (Lemoine, ).
'LAVENDER LADY' Lavender single flowers Crop 074 Lilac (S. hyacinthiflora) Zone 4, lavender single flowers for several weeks in mid-spring,
'MONGE' Magenta single flowers Crop 088 Lilac (S. vulgaris) Introduced in 1913 (Lemoine, 1913). Zones 3 thru 8, reddish-purple flowers and usually grow to 10 or 12 feet. Mr Lemoine (1862-1943) was a nurseryman in Nancy, France.
'POCAHONTAS' Purple single flowers Crop 113 Lilac (S. hyacinthiflora) Zones 3 thru 8, purple single flowers for several weeks in spring (introduced by Skinner in 1935). Mr Skinners (1882-1967) Nursery was in Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada.
'PRESIDENT POINCAIRE' Magenta double flowers Crop 089 Lilac (S. vulgaris) Zones 3 thru 8, magenta-red double flowers (double flowered Syringa vulgaris = French Lilac) and usually grow to 10 or 12 feet (Lemoine, 1913).
'PURPLE GLORY' Purple single flowers Crop 073 Lilac (S. hyacinthiflora) Zone 3 thru 8, single bluish-purple flowers that flowers for several weeks in early spring, (Clarke, 1949). Mr Clarke's Nursery was in San Jose, California.
'SARAH SANDS' Purple single flowers Crop 091 Lilac (S. vulgaris) zones 3 thru 8, single dark purple flowers bloom for several weeks in late spring to early summer. (Havemeyer, 1943).
'SENSATION' Purple single flowers Crop 092 Lilac (Maarse, 1938).
'SYLVAN BEAUTY' Purple single flowers Crop 085 Lilac Cant get this anymore.
Grower of plants that are old or heirloom (from before 1100 AD up to around 20 years ago), outstanding or classic, locally hardy, disease resistant and fragrant (pictures of everything we grow can be found in the catalogs linked below the pictures) including roses , lilacs , native azaleas , native blueberry bushes , spiraea , apple tree espalier , Purple flowering plants , yellow flowering plants and more to sell during our Retail Plant Sale , Mail Order or by appointment. I propagate plants from July through December, Grow them to flowering size and sell them retail during our plant sale May 15 to July 4.
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