Syringa × prestoniae
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Syringa × prestoniae' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Syringa × chinensis
- Syringa emodi
- Syringa × hyacinthiflora
- Syringa josikaea
- Syringa julianae
- Syringa komarowii
- Syringa laciniata
- Syringa meyeri
- Syringa microphylla
- Syringa oblata
- Syringa patula
- Syringa pekinensis
- Syringa × persica
- Syringa pinnatifolia
- Syringa potaninii
- Syringa pubescens
- Syringa reflexa
- Syringa reticulata
- Syringa sweginzowii
- Syringa tomentella
- Syringa villosa
- Syringa vulgaris
- Syringa wolfii
- Syringa yunnanensis
- The Garden Lilacs
In 1920 Dr Isabella Preston of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, crossed S. reflexa with S. villosa and produced a wide range of most desirable late-flowering lilac hybrids, combining in different degrees the various characteristics of the parent species. The cross has been repeated and many cultivated varieties are now available. See further on pp. 550–1. For the history of this group see Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs, R.H.S. Conference Report (1940), pp. 135–40.