This deciduous hybrid shrub to small tree has a solitary or multiple stems with spreading branches that form a rounded crown. It has a dark green oval leaves and the small fragrant pink to magenta or purple flowers appear in a cluster during early summer.

Hardiness zones 2 to 9 

Syringa x prestoniae is of hybrid origin resulting from a cross between Syringa villosa and Syringa reflexa that was carried out in Canada by Isabel Preston during the 1920s. 

It prefers an open a sunny position and grows in most well-drained fertile moist sandy to clay or chalk-based soils that are tending alkaline with a pH 5-7.5 and is frost, snow and moderately drought tolerant. 

This Lilac is a grown for its fragrant flowers and upright habit. It is planted in parks and gardens along borders for screening or is trained to form a small tree. It is a suitable coastal and inland regions establishing in 3-4 years and is long-lived. There are many cultivars available with varying flower colour and growth habit. ID 3465

Syringa (si-RING-ga) x prestoniae (pres-TOH-nee-eye)

Oleaceae (oh-lee-AY-see-ee)
American Hog Plum, African Walnut Family