This variety's dark purple buds will open to fragrant lavender flowers over very deep green, heavily textured foliage that creates a compact and upright to rounded habit. Ideal for smaller landscapes, 'Minuet' will not produce sucker growth.
Shrub | |
Syringa | |
Lilac | |
Zone 3 | |
4-6+ hours | |
Clay, Dry, Moist, Sandy | |
Focal groupings | |
Massed in the shrub border | |
6-8' | |
4-6' | |
Spring | |
Purple | |
Rapid | |
Upright, Vase | |
Lime, Plant-tone | |
Yellow | |
Structure | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Yes | |
Forsythia, Amelanchier, Cornus, Buxus |