Daphne Lilac

Syringa pubescens subsp. microphylla Superba

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, humus-rich, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil
• Rate of Growth: average
• Flowering period: April and May, then intermittently until October
• Flowers: rose pink
• Other features: oval, dark green leaves
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Wonderfully fragrant clusters of rose pink flowers borne at the end of slender branches from mid to late spring and intermittently until autumn and oval, mid-green leaves. This pretty, deciduous shrub is perfect for a sunny border. It makes a great, informal, flowering hedge and, where space is limited, may be trained as a wall shrub.
  
  
• Garden care: In mid summer remove the faded flower heads carefully using secateurs to avoid damaging the young shoots. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plant in early spring.
  
  
• Goes well with: Myrtus communis, Lavandula x intermedia 'Dutch Group', Rosmarinus officinalis 'Miss Jessop's Upright', Petrovskia atriplicifolia, Iris reticulata, Clematis viticella 'Purpurea Plena Elegans'

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