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Scionwood order
deadline:
February 21, 2025
Priority fulfillment
deadline for trees:
March 7, 2025
Final order deadline for trees:
mid-spring, when we run out of stock
Orders placed on or before March 7 will ship around
March 26 through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in
colder areas.
Orders placed after March 7 will ship around late
April
through early-to-mid May, in the order in which they were received.
Sorry, we cannot expedite these orders, add to existing orders or
combine orders.NOTE: Scionwood and early rootstock orders ship around March
10.
Syringa vulgaris12-15' × 12' Victor Lemoine et Fils, Nancy, France, 1886.
Lavender-pink buds followed by fragrant double light violet blue-tinted flowers on very large open pyramidal panicles. Columnar vase-shaped medium-thick growing habit. Suckers very little if at all.
Blooms slightly later than another “blue” lilac, President Lincoln. Dark green foliage.
Named for the French politician Jules Grevy, president from 1879–87, distinguished for minimizing presidential power, confirming the establishment of the Third Republic, opposing French colonialism and opposing the demands for revenge against Germany following the Franco-Prussian War.
Z3. (1–3' bare-root plants)
7579
President Grevy
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Additional Information
Lilacs
Plant in a sunny (at least 6 hours of sunlight each day) well-drained location in moderately rich soil; sandy gravelly loam is perfect. Pink, lavender and blue lilacs color up best in soil with an alkaline pH. Spacing depends on your plan; lilacs perform well as hedges as well as specimens
As Green’s Nursery catalog from 1904 explains, “There are many trees that by pruning can be made to resemble shrubs, and many shrubs that by different pruning may be made to produce medium-sized trees.”
