Product Description

Sensation Lilac is a large deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit and rich green foliage.  Fragrant panicles of wine red flowers edged in white bloom in mid spring.  Best flowering with full sun and rich, moist well-drained neutral soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Potential diseases include disease problems including blights, leaf spots, wilts, ringspot virus, and honey fungus.  Powdery mildew does not damage the plant but can seriously affect foliage appearance. Potential pests include scales, borers, leaf miners, thrips, and caterpillars.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Groundcover, Foundational Plantings, Hedges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Giant Hyssop, New Jersey Tea, Joe-Pye Weed

IMAGES: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, Lilac “Sensation” at the at the Hulda Klager Lilac Garden, CC BY 2.0, (2) Kor!An (Андрей Корзун), Syringa ‘Sensation’ 01, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Kor!An (Андрей Корзун), Syringa ‘Sensation’ 11, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) LtPowers, 2013 Rochester Lilac Festival – Sensation Lilac – 01, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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