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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.
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.
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 ...
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]
Scabiosa / s k eɪ b i ˈ oʊ s ə / is a genus in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae) of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious, but some plants commonly known as scabious are currently classified in related genera such as Knautia and Succisa; at least some of these were formerly placed in Scabiosa.
Haberlea rhodopensis (pale lilac flowers) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Haberlea rhodopensis , also known as Orpheus flower, resurrecting flower, and Rhodope Silivryak, is a rare ancient relict flower, endemic to the mountain tops of Bulgaria .
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.