Syringa
Lilacs6-15'
All of the lilac varieties can be grown not only as specimen, but as a hedge. Their colorful spring blooms announce the coming of summer. Trimming needs to be done shortly after flowering so that they will rebloom the nest year. The following are the most commonly planted varieties for hedging:
Syringa
'Bailbelle'
Tinkerbelle Lilac 
5
- 6' 
Early summer
First in the Fairytale series of lilacs. Wine red buds open to spicy scented deep pink flowers. Its compact form makes it an excellent foundation or specimen plant.
Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'
Dwarf Korean LilacDwarf variety with lilac to lavender flowers. Profuse blooms at an early age. Small, clean foliage.
Syringa velutina 'Miss Kim"
Miss Kim lilacA hardy dwarf lilac with unusually compact growth habit. Dark glossy green foliage turns burgundy-red in fall. This fragrant pale lilac blooms later than other varieties.
Syringa x chinensis
Chinese LilacArching branches with fragrant pale purple flowers in late spring.
Syringa vulgaris
Common Purple LilacDelicate, fragrant purple flowers in May. A perfect informal hedge or screen.
Syringa vulgaris cultivars
French Hybrid LilacsThe largest and most beautiful of all the lilacs, French hybrids can be used as single specimens or magnificent hedges in the landscape, blooming in spring with wonderfully fragrant flowers.
Belle de Nancy - a true, double pink lilac.
Charles Joly - Double, reddish purple.
Mme Lemoine, Miss Ellen Willmott - Both are excellent double white forms.
President Grevy - Double blue.
Monge - Single, reddish-purple.
Sensation - Deep purple flowers with white edge.
Primrose - the closest lilac to yellow, opening to a creamy white.
Father Fiala Lilac Hybrids
The late Father Fiala was renowned for his breeding work with lilacs and flowering crabapples. His newer hybrids represent distinctive improvements in form, color and abundance of flower. Some of them have a more dwarf habit, making them excellent specimens for foundation plantings.
Albert Holden - Single, deep violet. To 7' in height.
Avalanche - Single, white. To 9' in height.
Marie Frances - Soft, true pink. To 8' in height.
Wedgewood Blue - Single, pure blue. To 6' in height.
Wonderblue - Single, sky-blue blowers. To 4-5' in height.
Syringa x hyacinthiflora
Hyacinth LilacsThese hybrid cultivars are extremely hardy lilacs that flower about 7-10 days prior to the S. vulgaris hybrids. They tend to flower more heavily and consistently with very fragrant flowers produced on large panicles. Unlike the S. vulgaris hybrids they from a dense, rounded or mounded shrub of 8-15' that is full to the base.
Asessippi - Single, pale lavender.
Excel - Single, pink to lilac. Very heat tolerant
Maiden's Blush - Single, pink. Only 5-6' in mature height.
Mount Baker - Single, white, wonderful fragrance.
Pocahontas - Single, deep violet.
Syringa prestoniae
Canadian Hybrid LilacsThese extremely hardy, late blooming lilacs flower in June about 2 weeks after the S. vulgaris hybrids thereby extending the season. They from dense, mounded shrubs from 6-10' in height which lend them to use for many landscape situations.
Agnes Smith - Single, white very fragrant.
Donald Wyman - single, reddish-purple.
James Macfarlane - Single, true pink, moist soil tolerant.
Minuet - Single light purple buds open to a soft whitish pink.
Miss Canada - Single, bright pink, very large leaves.
