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The usual flower colour is a shade of purple (often a light purple or "lilac"), but white, pale yellow and pink, and even a dark burgundy color are also found. The flowers grow in large panicles, and in several species have a strong fragrance. Flowering varies between mid spring to early summer, depending on the species.
Lilac is a light shade of purple representing the average color of most lilac flowers. The colors of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colors shown below as pale lilac, rich lilac, or deep lilac. However, there are other lilac flowers that are colored red-violet . The first recorded use of the term lilac as an English color name was ...
Syringa vulgaris, the lilac or common lilac, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the Balkan Peninsula, where it grows on rocky hills. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Grown in spring for its scented flowers, this large shrub or small tree is widely cultivated and has been naturalized in parts of Europe, Asia and North America.
List. The Miss Kim lilac ( Syringa pubescens subsp. patula) is a subspecies of lilac which was categorized by Elwyn M. Meader while stationed in Korea as an army horticulturalist. [1] It was supposedly named after Elwyn M. Meader's Korean helper, whose name was "Kim". [2] This species is endemic to the areas of Korea and Northeast China. [3]
Emilia sonchifolia, also known as lilac tasselflower or cupid's shaving brush, is a tropical flowering species of tasselflower in the sunflower family. [3] It is widespread in tropical regions around the world, apparently native to Asia ( China, India, Southeast Asia, etc.) and naturalized in Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic ...
Growing to 9 m (30 ft), Wisteria floribunda is a woody, deciduous twining climber. It was first brought from Japan to the United States in the 1830s. [ 2][ 3] It is a common subject for bonsai, along with Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria). [citation needed] Japanese wisteria sports the longest flower racemes of any wisteria; Some of those ...
Syringa. Species: S. reticulata. Binomial name. Syringa reticulata. ( Blume) H.Hara. Syringa reticulata, the Japanese tree lilac, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae native to eastern Asia, which is grown as an ornamental in Europe and North America.
Babiana scabrifolia is a perennial plant of 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) high that annually forms leaves and flowers from an underground corm and is assigned to the Iris family. It produces relatively large, pale lilac or blue flowers slightly above the soil, and soft, lightly pleated leaves that reach beyond the flowers.