Some of the following cultivars may only be found in New Zealand, USA or Great Britain.
Cultivars
Double flower types
'Ami Schott'
This shrub has panicles with deep blue double flowers.

'Bell de Nancy'
This shrub has large panicles with lilac-pink double flowers that have purple-red buds.

'Bogdan Khmelnizky'
This deciduous shrub has multiple stems from the base of the 2m (6ft) tall forming a bushy vase habit with dark green foliage. During spring, it produces panicles of fragrant mauve-pink double flowers that appear above the foliage. It is suitable for cool climates. It is planted along the garden borders or used as a lawn specimen.

'Bogdan Przyrzykowski'
This deciduous suckering shrub is upright to 3 m (10ft) with a rounded crown of dark green leaves. During mid to late spring. It produces upright panicles of fragrant dark purplish buds that open to double pale pink flowers. It is very hard to cold climates and is planted along borders screen planting preferring an open sunny position.

'Charles Joly'
This reliable shrub has large broad panicles of fragrant purple-red double flowers and is commonly cultivated.

'Condorcet'
This shrub has very large panicles with lavender double flowers.

'Edith Cavell'
This shrub has panicles with pure-white double flowers with large florets and yellowish buds.

'Ellen Willmott'
This shrub has long open panicles with pure-white double flowers with cream coloured buds.

'General Pershing'
This suckering deciduous shrub forms a bushy habit with mid green foliage and produces long panicles with purple-violet double flowers during mid spring.

'Katherine Havemeyer'
This shrub has broad compact panicles with purple-lavender double flowers that fade to lilac-pink.

'Komsomolka'
This suckering deciduous shrub grows to 6 m (20ft) tall and wide with a mid-green broad ovate leaves forming a dense rounded habit. It produces highly fragrant tube shaped purplish double flowers in dense conical panicles up to 240mm (8in) long from late spring to early summer. It prefers an open sunny position, and grows on most well drained fertile sandy loam that is tending alkaline in climatic zones 4-8.

'Krasavitsa Moskvy'     syn.'Pride of Moscow','Beauty of Moscow'
This medium-sized deciduous shrub grows to 3.6 m tall and wide with a large green heart-shaped leaves forming a compact rounded habit. During late spring to early summer. It produces large panicles of fragrant double white flowers from pink buds giving an excellent display. This shrub prefers an open sunny position, and grows on most well drained fertile alkaline to neutral soils.

'Madame Abel Chatenay'
This shrub has broad panicles with milky-white double flowers that are yellowish in bud.

'Madame Antoine Buchner'
This shrub has loose narrow panicles with rose-pink double flowers.

'Madame Casimir Perier'
This shrub has panicles with white double flowers that are cream coloured in bud.

'Madame Lemoine'
This commonly grown shrub has panicles with pure white double flowers that are yellowish in bud.

'Michel Buchner'
This shrub has large dense panicles with pale rose-lilac double flowers.

'Monique Lemoine'
This shrub has large panicles with pure white double flowers.

'Mrs Edward Harding'
This popular shrub has panicles with abundant claret-red double flowers.

'Nadezhda'
This large deciduous shrub grows to 3 m (10ft) tall, with multiple stems from the base forming a compact rounded habit with dark green foliage. During mid to late spring it produces fragrant double lilac-blue flowers in large panicles above the foliage. This hardly plant tolerates cold conditions and is used along garden borders or as a specimen. After flowering, remove spent flowers and suckers from the base as required.

'Olimpiada Kolesnikova'
This deciduous shrub grows to 2.5 m tall with dark green foliage forming a bushy habit. During mid to late spring it produces large reddish panicles that open with double pink-purple flowers that appear above the foliage.

'Ostrander'
This shrub grows to 4 m (12ft) tall and wide with mid green leaves forming an irregular bushy habit. From late spring to early summer it produces fragrant double mauve flowers in dense panicles above the foliage. It prefers an open sunny position, and grows in moist, well drained loams were pH 6 to 7.5. This plant is not commonly cultivated and may be difficult to obtained, requiring a specialist nursery.

'Pamya o S. M. Kirove'
This vigorous deciduous shrub has an upright branched habit to 3 m (10ft) with dark green foliage forming a compact rounded habit. During mid to late spring it produces large panicles that are dark pink-mauve in bud and open to lilac pink. It is an ideal shrub for screening along borders tolerating a regular prune after flowering.

'Paul Thirion'
This shrub has panicles with claret-rose double flowers that are carmine in bud.

'P. P. Konchalovskii'
This large shrub has multiple stems from the base up to 3 m (10ft) tall and wide with dark green foliage forming a compact rounded habit. During mid to late spring it produces large panicles of pale lilac to purplish tube-shape flowers that appear above the foliage.

'President Grevy'
This shrub has very large panicles with lilac-blue double flowers.

'President John Adams'
This deciduous shrub grows to 3 m (10ft) tall and wide forming an irregular rounded habit with dark green foliage. From mid spring to early summer it produces large upright panicles of double white fragrant flowers and is commonly planted along shrub borders.

'President Poincare'
This shrub has panicles with claret-mauve double flowers with large florets.

'Princesse Clementine'
This shrub has panicles with white double flowers that are yellowish in bud.

'Saint Margaret'
This upright deciduous shrub grows to 6 m (20) tall and wide forming an irregular rounded habit with a mid-green heart-shaped leaves. From spring to early summer. It produces dense upright panicles of fragrant white tube shaped flowers up to 8 inches long above the foliage. This plant is regarded as the common lilacand is also referred to as the French lilac and grows on well drained moderately fertile sandy loam with a neutral pH in an open sunny position. This plant has been cultivated since 1563 and has given rise to over 400 cultivar variations.

'Souvenir d'Alice Harding'
This shrub has tall panicles with alabaster-white double flowers with a white centre.

Single flower types

'Ambassadeur'
This shrub has large broad panicles with sky-blue flowers with a white centre.

'Capitaine Baltet'
This shrub has large panicles with carmine-pink flowers with blue ting when in bud.

'Charles X'
This shrub has long conical panicles with purplish-red flowers. It is popular and commonly grown.

'Congo'
This shrub has large compact panicles with lilac-red flowers that become whiter with age.

'Etna'
This shrub has panicles with deep, claret-purple flowers.

'Firmament'
This shrub has panicles with lilac-blue flowers.

'Glory of Horstenstein'
This shrub has panicles with rich lilac-red flowers that become dark lilac.

'Heavenly Blue'
This deciduous shrub grows to 3 m tall and wide with mid green foliage forming an irregular rounded habit. From mid to late spring. It produces panicles of pale pink buds that open to fragrant pale blue-lilac flowers. This shrub prefers an open sunny position, and grows on most well drained moderately fertile soils that are tending alkaline.

'Hugo Koster'
This shrub has panicles with purple crimson flowers.

'Jan Van Tol'
This shrub has nodding panicles with pure white flowers.

'Lavaliensis'
This shrub has panicles with pale pink flowers.

'Madam Charles Souchet'
This shrub has broad panicles with soft lilac-blue flowers that bloom in late spring.

'Madame Florent Stepman'
This shrub has panicles with white flowers that are yellowish in bud.

'Madame Francisque Morel'
This erect shrub has large broad panicles with mauve-pink flowers.

'Marceau'
This shrub has broad panicles with claret-purple flowers.

'Marechal Foch'
This shrub has broad open panicles with bright carmine-rose flowers.

'Marie Legraya'
This shrub has small panicles with white flowers that are yellowish in bud and is a plant that is commonly used for forcing.

'Massena'
This shrub has broad panicles with deep reddish-purple flowers.

'Maud Notcutt'
This shrub has large panicles with white flowers.

'Mount Blanc'
This shrub has dense panicles with white flowers that are greenish in bud.

'Pasteur'
This shrub has narrow panicles with claret-red flowers.

'President Lincoln'
This shrub has panicles with bluish-violet flowers that are purple in bud.

'Primrose'
This shrub has small dense panicles with primrose-yellow flowers.

'Prodige'
This shrub has panicles with deep purple flowers with large florets.

'Reaumur'
This shrub has large broad panicles with deep carmine-violet flowers.

'Sensation'
This shrub has large panicles with purplish red flowers and variegated leaves.

'Souvenir de Louis Spath'syn. 'Andenken and Ludwig 'Spath'
This reliable shrub has panicles with wine-red flowers and is commonly cultivated.

'Sovetskaya Arkitka'
This deciduous shrub grows to 3 m (10ft) tall with multiple stems from the base forming a rounded crown with dark green foliage. During spring it produces masses of white flowers in dense panicles above the foliage. It is not commonly cultivated and may be difficult to obtain requiring a specialist nursery.

'Tadeusz Kosciuszko'
This deciduous shrub grows to 3 m (10ft) tall with multiple stems from the base forming a broad vase habit with dark green foliage. During spring, it produces large panicles of pale mauve to white tube shaped flowers that are held above the foliage. It is not commonly cultivated plant and may be difficult to obtain requiring a specialist nursery.

'Vestale'
This shrub has dense panicles with pure white flowers and is an excellent specimen plant.