Syringa vulgaris 'Michel Buchner' Spreading A lovely Dutch cultivar of

A lovely Dutch cultivar of Colorado spruce offering eye-catching silvery-blue needles

hence the name

broadly-oval habit bearing extravagantly deep-purple

This Asian species is particularly valued for its golden-yellow mid-summer flowers

Syringa vulgaris 'Michel Buchner' Spreading A lovely Dutch cultivar ofAlong with 'Charles Joly', this is one of the more common lilacs bearing large, fragrant panicles of double, rose lilac, white centered flowers opening in May. After their 3 4 week blooming period the plants can be pruned if needed. Responds well to hard winter pruning too. Good in all soils but best in well drained, fertile, neutral to alkaline soil. H6