Syringa Species, Cut-Leaf Lilac, Persian Lilac

The handsome foliage is much finer than other lilacs and highly resistant to powdery mildew. The flowers are handsome but not as showy as...Read More common lilac and with a fragrance that reminds me more of privet.

Habit is much smaller and more compact than common lilac. Stems are slender and not coarse in winter like common lilac.

This is not only more tolerant of summer heat, it also has a lesser winter dormancy requirement than S. vulgaris, and could be more often planted in Z7/8 where common lilac suffers.

This plant was a few decades back the most popular flower in Kashmir and a shrub could be found adjacent to the dwellings of rich and poo...Read Morer alike. A mile away from our house was the hamlet of Hyderpora (Named after Syed Haider) where there was a small picturesque mud shrine of Syed Haider surrounded by a garden with hundreds of Syringia laciniata bushes called "Yasman" by local people.In this "Yasman Zar"(Lilac garden) ,when the lilac was in bloom, villagers from far and near would come to a fair held in honor of the saint and enjoy themselves.
Today the shrine has been converted into an ugly concrete building decorated with multicolored electric lamps and although many lilac bushes still grow around the shrine as people have not dared to cut them down, it is no longer the peaceful, picturesque place of yore where simple folk would enjoy the lilac booms in spring.This is the price we pay for becoming modern

According to Dirr's book Hardy Trees and Shrubs, this lilac is comparable to Syringa x persica, Persian Lilac in most characteristics ex...Read Morecept the leaves. He says it bears reasonable flowers in partial shade, and that it is one of the most heat tolerant.

Excellent foliage shrub. Flowering is very minimal. Lacy open look, needs pruning to keep contained.