This deciduous shrub has upright slender spreading 4-angled branches that form a compact rounded habit. It has a dark green ovate to lobed leaves and the small lilac tube-shaped fragrant flowers appear in a dense cluster during late spring with the foliage.

Hardiness zones 6 to 9 

Syringa protolaciniata is naturally found in western China growing on mountainous slopes along woodland margins or in scrub at an altitude of 800 m to 1200 m (3,600 ft). 

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in well-drained organic rich moist soils that are tending alkaline with a pH 6-7.5 and is frost and drought tolerant. 

This Lilac is grown for its fragrant flowers and bushy habit. It is planted parks and gardens as a specimen or use along the borders for summer screening. It is suitable to inland and mountainous regions establishing in 3-5 years and is long-lived. This shrub is also grown in fragrant gardens and is used in commercial sites. ID 3468

Syringa (si-RING-ga) protolaciniata (PROH-toh-lah-KEE-nee-AH-tah)

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