Syringa × chinensis
Common name: 
Chinese Lilac
Rouen Lilac
Pronunciation: 
si-RING-ga × chi-NEN-sis
Family: 
Oleaceae
Genus: 
Syringa
Synonyms: 
Syringa rothomagenesis
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous shrub, 8-15 ft (2.4-4.5 m) tall with similar width, dense, somewhat arching.  Leaves opposite, simple, to 8 cm long and 3 cm wide, ovate-lanceolate, medium to dark green above and pale below, glabrous.   Flowers, pale lilac, in clusters, 10-15 cm long, fragrant.
  • Sun or part shade.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 3
  • Only a few cultivars, one being 'Lilac Sunday'
  • chinensis: of or from China, a misleading name since this plant is not from China.  S. × chinensis is a hybrid (S. × persica × S. vulgaris) that was developed in Rouen, France in about 1777.
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