Leptodermis oblonga (Baby Lilac) Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 9/2020
Leptodermis oblonga (Baby Lilac) Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 9/2020 - Baby Lilac Shrub, lep-toh-DER-miss ob-LON-guh, Mature size: 2x2’, lilac like blooms, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month 6b-, In Garden Bed R2 for 13.3 YEARS (Waysi). Planted in 2007.
Suckers. This spreads rapidly!!! native to northern China. It is a dwarf, mounding, deciduous shrub that grows to 12-18” tall and flowers throughout much of the growing season. Fragrant, tubular, violet-purple flowers in a late spring bloom (4-6 weeks), followed by reduced and intermittent flowering on new wood throughout the rest of the summer into fall. Severe cut back in 2016.
2020 notes: shrub looks exceptionally heathy this year. Only a few blooms by mid September, but it looks like there is more to come. Have culled this plant back several times over the years. Nice dwarf shrub for the garden as long as you cull back the suckers.
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Leptodermis oblonga (Baby Lilac) Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 9/2020
Leptodermis oblonga (Baby Lilac) Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan, 9/2020 - Baby Lilac Shrub, lep-toh-DER-miss ob-LON-guh, Mature size: 2x2’, lilac like blooms, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month 6b-, In Garden Bed R2 for 13.3 YEARS (Waysi). Planted in 2007.
Suckers. This spreads rapidly!!! native to northern China. It is a dwarf, mounding, deciduous shrub that grows to 12-18” tall and flowers throughout much of the growing season. Fragrant, tubular, violet-purple flowers in a late spring bloom (4-6 weeks), followed by reduced and intermittent flowering on new wood throughout the rest of the summer into fall. Severe cut back in 2016.
2020 notes: shrub looks exceptionally heathy this year. Only a few blooms by mid September, but it looks like there is more to come. Have culled this plant back several times over the years. Nice dwarf shrub for the garden as long as you cull back the suckers.
Additional photos of this plant (search of my flickr photostream):
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