Airy fragrant understory shrub

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  1. bcgift52

    bcgift52 Active Member

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    I would love an id of this fragrant airy shrub I saw today downtown Vancouver. It is about 6' growing in shade under a taller tree.
     

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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Syringa patula or similar species.
     
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    Thank you Ron. Doesn't look anything like my Miss Kim.
     
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    Maybe it is Syringa x tribida
     
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    Thanks WCG - I'll have to go have a look at the shrub again. The leaves are a lot rounder than regular lilacs. Is Syringa x tribida easily findable here ?
     
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    I noticed it looking through the Dominion site earlier in the day (you sent me there!) http://www.dominion-seed-house.com/en-CA/cat/index.aspx?CatID=1392&InfoID=164

    It shows it with very similar flowers - colour, density of flower head etc. Unfortunately, I can't see the leaves well but they look smaller.

    Also, the leaves on the newer shoots of my lilac are smaller and rounder than the leaves on the more mature branches.

    WCG
     
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    terrestrial_man Active Member 10 Years

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    KarinL Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    I was visiting a friend today who had a new "dwarf lilac" she'd gotten at the nearby IGA for $20, and I think it was labelled S. palabiniana (not too sure, was drinking a margarita at the time). Looking up the Syringas starting with p. I see that it is the same one suggested by terrestrial man. It had the same unstructured flowerheads.
     
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    Terrestrial man, thank you - that is closer. I went and had another look at it. It was growing in shade and that would probably account for the lanky airy look it had.

    KarenL - s.palabiniana ? How many margarita's was it ?
     

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