Amur lilac smells of honey

The lilac in its kind totals 28 types and almost one and a half thousand hybrids. All of them are distinguished by color and swing, flower size and flowering time. The late-flowering variety of this plant is the Amur lilac with a fragrant smell and small cream flowers, gathered in fairly large inflorescences.

This variety grows in mixed forests in the Far East and Northeast China. It can be found in Siberian reserves. The Amur lilac grows mainly along the valleys of small rivers, on rich and well-moistened soils.

This multi-barrel tree has a spreading dense crown and reaches ten meters in natural conditions.

In adults, the bark of the trunk has a dark gray, sometimes a dark brown tinge with whitish lenticles, and young shoots of red-brown color very much resemble cherry. Lilac Amur, whose photo proves its special beauty during the flowering period, has leaves up to eleven centimeters. They, while dissolving, are initially greenish-purple, in summer they are painted in a dark green color with a light back side, and in the autumn they turn into orangeish-yellow or purple.

Amur lilac blooms for three weeks after an ordinary variety. The process lasts almost 20 days. Its small, slightly creamy or white flowers have the smell of honey. They stand on short stalks, collected in paniculate broad inflorescences, reaching up to 25 centimeters in length.

This plant has a medium shootability. The Amur lilac begins to blossom and bear fruit from the age of nine. Among other characteristics, its frost resistance and resistance to dust and air pollution are noted , so the bush quietly tolerates urban conditions.

Thanks to its beautiful foliage, as well as late and fairly long flowering and aromatic smell, the Amur lilac has found wide application in cities and towns in many gardens. Designers plant bushes as living fences and various compositions, including as single plantings.

One of the most common varieties of Amur lilac is a variety of cracks with solid wood. It is because of her that the plant received such a non-standard name for the flower. His raw firewood burn with a characteristic crack, scattering coals and sparks a few meters around.

This lilac is widely used to cover unsightly walls and buildings, as it greatly expands and closes itself what should be hidden from prying eyes.

Blossoming, the lilac Amur cracks fill the garden with a honey fragrance. In addition, it creates a cool and well humidifies the air around. Her beauty during this period literally suppresses all other plants in the garden, and when the bush fades, then begins to delight the eye with its ever-changing color scale.

The best neighbors for the Amur lilac are those that will harmoniously emphasize its external attractiveness. This is a cotoneaster, some kinds of barberry, maple, apple, chanomeles.

A very successful combination of landscape designers consider the composition of lilacs with conifers of low plants. Today, in many gardens, you can meet its stamping variety planted on the perimeter of outdoor terraces, sitting on which you can enjoy the beautiful scent and stunning views of this plant.