Lilac in its genus has 28 types and almost one and a half thousand hybrids. All of them are distinguished by color and doubleness, flower size and flowering time. The latest flowering variety of this plant is Amur lilac with a fragrant smell and small creamy flowers collected in fairly large inflorescences.
This variety grows in mixed forests in the Far East and Northeast China. It can also be found in Siberian reserves. Amur lilac grows mainly along the valleys of small rivers, on rich and well-moistened soils.
This multi-stemmed tree has a spreading dense crown and reaches ten meters in natural conditions.
In adults, the bark of the trunk has a dark gray, sometimes dark brown tint with whitish lenticels, and the young shoots are red-brown in color, very similar to cherry. Amur lilac, the photo of which proves its special beauty during the flowering period, has leaves reaching up to eleven centimeters. When blooming, they are first greenish-purple, in summer they turn dark green withlight back, turning orangey yellow or purple in autumn.
Amur lilac blooms three weeks later than the ordinary variety. The process takes almost 20 days. Its small, slightly creamy or white flowers smell like honey. They stand on short pedicels, collected in paniculate wide inflorescences, reaching up to 25 centimeters in length.
This plant has an average shoot formation. Amur lilac begins to bloom and bear fruit from the age of nine. Among other characteristics, its frost resistance and resistance to dust and air pollution are noted, so the bush tolerates urban conditions.
Due to its beautiful foliage, as well as late and fairly long flowering and fragrant smell, the Amur lilac has found wide application in cities and towns in many gardens. Designers plant bushes as living fences and various compositions, including as single plantings.
One of the most common varieties of Amur lilac is a variety of crackers with durable wood. It is because of her that the plant received such a non-standard name for a flower. His damp firewood burns with a characteristic crackle, scattering coals and sparks for several meters around.
This lilac is widely used to cover unsightly walls and buildings, as it grows strongly and closes what should be hidden from prying eyes.
Blossoming, Amur lilac cracker fills the garden with honeyfragrance. In addition, it creates coolness and well moisturizes the air around. Its beauty during this period literally overwhelms all other plants in the garden, and when the bush fades, it begins to please the eye with its constantly changing colors.
The best neighbors for the Amur lilac are those that will harmoniously emphasize its external attractiveness. These are cotoneaster, some types of barberry, maple, apple trees, chaenomeles.
Landscape designers consider lilac compositions with low coniferous plants to be a very successful combination. Today, in many gardens, you can find its standard variety, planted along the perimeter of open terraces, sitting on which you can enjoy the wonderful smell and stunning view of this plant.
