About
Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly' is an upright, medium-sized deciduous shrub featuring dark green, heart-shaped foliage. In late spring and early summer, it produces dense clusters of double flowers that are deep red-purple and emit a pleasant fragrance.
About the genus
Syringa consists of deciduous shrubs or trees characterized by simple leaves that are typically entire, though occasionally pinnate. In late spring or early summer, they produce conical clusters of small, highly aromatic, 4-lobed tubular flowers.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, North-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Easy to grow in most well-drained, fertile, humus-rich alkaline to neutral soils. Thrives in chalky ground and appreciates mulching when planted in full sun
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1. Tolerates hard renovation pruning
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings or layering in early summer. Grafting can be done in winter and chip budding in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to lilac leaf-mining moth, willow scale and thrips
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to lilac blight, honey fungus, phytophthora, powdery mildews and bacterial canker (Pseudomonas Syringae)