Syringa × hyacinthiflora 'Mount Baker'
Common name: 
Mount Baker Lilac
Pronunciation: 
si-RING-ga hi-a-sin-thi-FLO-ra
Family: 
Oleaceae
Genus: 
Syringa
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous shrub, spreading, upright to 10-12 ft (3-3.5 m) tall and similar width.  Leaves simple, alternate, broadly heart shaped, purplish in fall.  Flowers white, single, very fragrant; blooms early and heavily, flowers appear 2 weeks before those of the Common Lilac (French Hybrids).
  • Sun.  In Minnesota it is reported to be very resistant to mildew and have good summer foliage (Snyder, 2000).
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 2.   Developed by Frank Skinner, Dropmore, Manitoba; introduced in 1961 and the cultivar name registered in 1963, marketed in Germany as SCHNEEWEISSCHEN™ (Vrugtman, 2005).
  • hyacinthiflora: emphasizes the resemblance of the flower to that of hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) (North Carolina Extension Gardener).
  • Mount Baker: after Mount Baker in Washington State
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  • plant habit, flowering

    plant habit, flowering

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