Syringa josikaea seeds (Hungarian Lilac)

Description

Open 20 cm clusters of mauve-purple sweetly fragrant flowers with ivory undertones cover the new growth starting late May. Multistemmed arching branched form. Makes a soft lovely when growing in a ‘hedge’ with similar sized shrubs. Hummingbird magnet.  Problem free.

• Seed Count: 30-35
• Collection Date: Oct  2019
• Hardiness Zone: 5-8
• Height and Width: 4m x 4-5m
• Germination test type: hand sort
• Family: Oleaceae

How to germinate Syringa josikaea seeds:

Soak 24 hours in room temperature water. Place seed in baggie filled with equal mix of moist coarse sand and peat or sow 5 mm deep. Keep moist. Cold stratify 30-90 days in the fridge or outdoors (do not freeze). When cold stratification period is over, provide temps of 14-18 C to germinate. Days to germination: 14-45 days. If sowing in a baggie, check seed in the fridge for early risers. If germinating in the baggie transplant sprouts as needed.