Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine'

common Lilac

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil
• Rate of Growth: average
• Flowering period: May and June
• Flowers: white
• Other features: heart shaped, dark green leaves
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Dense panicles of marvellously fragrant, double white flowers in May and June and heart-shaped, fresh-green leaves. This elegant white lilac is perfect for a sunny mixed or shrub border. Growing a late-summer flowering clematis through the branches is a good way of enhancing the shrub after it has flowered.
  
  
• 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.