{"id":148,"date":"2012-05-27T22:35:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T02:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2014-04-07T00:58:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T04:58:14","slug":"late-blooming-lilacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/late-blooming-lilacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Late-Blooming Lilacs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_149\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_149\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 360px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_x_prestoniae_0001_donald_wyman.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Wyman Lilac flowers\" title=\"Donald Wyman Lilac\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_x_prestoniae_0001_donald_wyman.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_x_prestoniae_0001_donald_wyman-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Wyman Lilac<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nDue to a warm early spring this year, the peak bloom for most of the lilacs at the Arnold Arboretum was the weekend of April 21-22.  However, over a month later, a few varieties are still in bloom (date of accession in parentheses):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Syringa x prestoniae &#8216;Donald Wyman&#8217;<\/i> (1991) &#8211; Donald Wyman lilac<\/li>\n<li><i>Syringa x swegiflexa<\/i> (1949) &#8211; Swegiflexa lilac<\/li>\n<li><i>Syringa sweginzowii<\/i> (1977) &#8211; Chengtu lilac<\/li>\n<li><i>Syringa tomentella<\/i> (1999) &#8211; Felty lilac<\/li>\n<li><i>Syringa villosa<\/i> (1907) &#8211; Late lilac<\/li>\n<li><i>Syringa [Villosae group] &#8216;Mary C Bingham&#8217;<\/i> (1998) &#8211; Mary C Bingham lilac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_154\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_154\" class=\"wp-caption \" style=\"width: 306px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_x_swegiflexa_0001.jpg\" alt=\"Swegiflexa lilac flowers\" title=\"Swegiflexa lilac\" width=\"296\" height=\"232\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swegiflexa lilac<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 370px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_villosa_0001.jpg\" alt=\"Late lilac flowers\" title=\"Late lilac\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_villosa_0001.jpg 360w, https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_villosa_0001-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late lilac<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_161\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 767px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lilac_late.jpg\" alt=\"Chengtu lilac, Mary C Bingham lilac, and Felty lilac flowers\" title=\"Chengtu lilac, Mary C Bingham lilac, and Felty lilac\" width=\"757\" height=\"311\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lilac_late.jpg 757w, https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/lilac_late-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chengtu lilac, Mary C Bingham lilac, and Felty lilac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While most of the tree lilacs are still budding out, the Amur tree lilac (<i>Syringa reticulata var. mandshurica<\/i>) has started blooming.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 610px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_reticulata_0004_mandshurica.jpg\" alt=\"Amur tree lilac flowers\" title=\"Amur tree lilac\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_reticulata_0004_mandshurica.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/syringa_reticulata_0004_mandshurica-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amur tree lilac<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to a warm early spring this year, the peak bloom for most of the lilacs at the Arnold Arboretum was the weekend of April 21-22. 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