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Description:

A mounded shrub with upright, woody stems featuring fragrant lavender flowers that appear continuously from mid spring through summer; attracts pollinators; a great border accent or hedge

Ornamental Features

Baby Lilac Leptodermis features showy clusters of fragrant lavender tubular flowers along the branches from late spring to early fall. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The glossy pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall colour. The dark red branches are extremely showy and add significant winter interest.

Landscape Attributes

Baby Lilac Leptodermis is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a mounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Baby Lilac Leptodermis is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Border Edging
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Baby Lilac Leptodermis will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It has a low canopy. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

This plant is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.