Had it planted in full sun, got burned. Moved to partial sun mostly filtered on NE, it's happy now. First year after the move so expect t...Read Moreo see better growth next year, appears to be slow grower.
A lovely little shrub..lovely scented like S. vulgaris...but its scent is different...it remembers me somewhat of the perfume of Brugmans...Read Moreia. Helas..it is not growing in my garden but in one of my neighbours garden. S. microphylla is a shrubby version of the lilac tree; it may reach up to 1.8 metres at maturity, and has panicles of pink flowers which are the same shape as those of the tree but slightly smaller in seize. The little rounded leaves do appear at first sight similar but smaller in seize than S. vulgaris. The foliage however is somewhat fuzzy..so not that smooth as S. vulgaris. It loses its leaves in the winter so it is a deciduous shrub. The highly scented flowers appear in profusion in late spring and often continue intermittently until autumn comes. It likes fertile, well-drained soil and a full sun position.
Had it planted in full sun, got burned. Moved to partial sun mostly filtered on NE, it's happy now. First year after the move so expect t...Read More
A lovely little shrub..lovely scented like S. vulgaris...but its scent is different...it remembers me somewhat of the perfume of Brugmans...Read More