About the Tree Lilac
:
The Tree Lilac, Syringa
reticulata, 'Ivory Silk' is a heavily flowering
tree, covered by large plumes of small white
flowers in the beginning of summer. It’s dark
green leaves blending with it’s fragrant
lavender flowers are a favorite for spring-time
landscapes. Lilac lovers prefer the mutiple-stemmed,
large shrub. The Tree Lilac is also called a
Japanese tree lilac or Ivory Silk lilac. This
small deciduous tree has recently attracted the
interest of urban foresters as a small tree for
planting under power lines. The leaves are
similar to the common lilac shrub, dark green
and oppositely attached to a shiny brown, stout
stem.
The Japanese tree lilac is very
hardy and able to withstand winter temperatures
as low as 30 degrees below zero. The Ivory Silk
Tree Lilac is useful as a specimen or a street
tree, as well as in a group, screen, or
windbreak. It flowers more heavily than other
lilac species. Ivory Silk is probably the most
trouble free and tough lilac that is available.
