General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Mme. F. Morel x unknown

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Common names
  • Early Hybrid Lilac
  • Lilac
  • Canadian Lilac
Also sold as:
  • 'Ester Staley'
  • 'Esther Stanley'
  • 'Ester Stayley'
  • 'Ester Stayli'

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-07
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: May
credit: Andrey Korzun

Date: c. 1954
photo from the 1954 catalog, Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio

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