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A profuse bloomer, Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Mount Baker' (Early Flowering Lilac) is an upright, deciduous shrub with showy panicles packed with very fragrant, pure white single flowers. Blooming in mid-spring, about 7-10 days earlier than common lilacs, its abundant blossoms make a dramatic display of glistening white.
Mount Baker Lilac (Syringa x hyacinthiflora Mount Baker) offers that lovely lilac fragrance in a pure white flower. This lilac blooms early, typically in late spring. With its height (up to 15 feet at maturity) and spread of nearly 12 feet, use this gorgeous plant as an aromatic border screen.
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Plant Height : 6 to 10 feet. Characteristics : Attracts Hummingbirds, Cut flower, Fragrant Flowers, Showy Fall Foliage. Tolerance : Disease resistant. Uses : Foundation Plantings, Front Yard, Sun. Light : Full Sun to Partial Shade. Foliage Color : Green. Maintenance : Low. Moisture : Medium Moisture. Growth Rate : Moderate. Plant Type : Shrubs.
Mount Baker Lilac features showy panicles of fragrant white flowers rising above the foliage in early spring, which emerge from distinctive buttery yellow flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has bluish-green deciduous foliage. The heart-shaped leaves turn an outstanding deep purple in the fall. Landscape Attributes
Syringa × hyacinthiflora 'Mount Baker'. Deciduous shrub, spreading, upright to 10-12 ft (3-3.5 m) tall and similar width. Leaves simple, alternate, broadly heart shaped, purplish in fall. Flowers white, single, very fragrant; blooms heavily and flowers appear 2 weeks before those of the Common Lilac (French Hybrids). Sun.
Mount Baker Lilac. Pure white, fragrant bloom. Early blooming lilac. Heavy bloom early May with 6" stem ending cones of small, pure white, single flowers. Tight, dense, full form and deep green foliage. Great in a border planting or large foundation area. Category: Shrub.
Early flowering lilac is an artificial hybrid cross between S. oblata (Early Lilac) x S. vulgaris ( Common Lilac ). First grown by Lemoine in France in the year 1876. It will bloom up to ten days before the Common Lilac. Unlike many varieties of lilac, it is highly resistant to powdery mildew.
