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lilac 'Pocahontas' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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lilac 'Pocahontas'

Syringa × hyacinthiflora 'Pocahontas'

★ RHS AGMLow MaintenanceFragrant

Genus: Syringa
Family: Oleaceae

About this plant

A bushy, upright to spreading shrub to 5m high, with broadly ovate, mid-green leaves that are bronze when young, and turn purple in autumn. Produces large, broadly conical panicles of fragrant, single, purple flowers in mid-spring

Growing Information

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

AlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in well-drained, fertile, humus-rich alkaline to neutral soils. Mulch regularly

Pruning

Pruning group 1 or 2, after flowering

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings or layering in early summer, chip budding in summer or grafting in winter

Pests

May be susceptible to lilac leaf-mining moth, thrips and willow scale insects

Diseases

May be susceptible to lilac blight, honey fungus and bacterial canker

Garden Uses

Uses

City CourtyardFlower BordersGround Cover

Planting Places

OutdoorBordersWall Trained

Season of Interest

AutumnSpringSummer

Size & Characteristics

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Time to Full Height

Twenty To Fifty Years