Syringa vulgaris 'Monge' - Lilac

🌿 General Description

• Type: Deciduous shrub
• Habit: Upright, fairly dense
• Category: French Lilac (like other vulgaris)

👉 More "traditional" style, but with a visual punch.

📏 Height and Width

• Height: 3 to 4 m (10 to 13 feet)
• Width: 2 to 3 m

👉 Good for:

• Medium hedges
• Flowering screen
• Rear beds

🌸 Flowering (its main strong point)

• Color: Magenta red to very dark purple
• Flowers: Single (not double)
• Fragrance: Strong (typical lilac)
• Period: Mid to late spring

👉 One of the darkest and most vibrant colors among lilacs.

💡 Visually:

• Much more striking than pale lilacs
• Creates a "high contrast" effect in a design

🌱 Growth

• Speed: Medium to fast
  👉 Faster than many modern hybrids

☀️ Exposure

• Full sun essential for good flowering
• Tolerates light partial shade

🌱 Soil

• Well-drained
• Neutral to alkaline
• Tolerates standard soils quite well

❄️ Hardiness

• Zone 3 to 7
  👉 Perfect for Quebec

✂️ Maintenance

• Prune after flowering
• Remove suckers if necessary
• Very low maintenance

🛡️ Resistance

• Good resistance
• May be susceptible to:
  • powdery mildew
  • certain foliar diseases

👉 Less resistant than Preston or Henry lilacs.

🌳 Landscaping Uses

• Colorful focal point
• Flowering hedge
• Contrast with pale plants (hydrangea, spirea, etc.)
• Country or classic style

👍 Advantages

• Very intense color (rare)
• Abundant flowering
• Pleasant fragrance
• Fairly fast growth