#177 most planted
Syringa
Lilac · also Japanese lilac, Japanese tree lilac, Tree lilac
Deciduous
10,103
trees mapped
0.10%
of all named trees
19
cities
3.9 in
median trunk (10 cm, 9,872 measured)
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Syringa, commonly known as lilacs, are flowering woody plants belonging to the olive family, native to woodlands and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia. They produce fragrant, showy flowers, often creamy-white, and are valued in urban landscapes for their compact and uniform growth.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 8,0681.5%—3.9 in
- 1,0860.16%—5.1 in
- 2551.1%—1.2 in
- 2050.07%—2.4 in
- 1340.04%29 yr4.7 in
- 930.03%—3.0 in
- 730.01%—0.7 in
- 430.02%—4.8 in
- 420.04%20 yr6.2 in
- 280.04%—5.9 in
- 250.01%——
- 130.00%26 yr10 in
- 110.01%—3.5 in
- 80.00%—2.4 in
- 70.01%—8.0 in
- 70.02%—2.0 in
- 20.01%——
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–25 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.9 in, mean 4.5 in, 90th percentile 3.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Syringa in the catalogue
13 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
