| Scientific Name: | Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk' |
| Common Name: | Ivory Silk Japanese tree lilac |
| Family Name: | Oleaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Fragrance, Screening, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree), Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Sinuate |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves similar to common lilac, ovate, most blades 7-12cm long x 4-7cm wide, petioles 1-2cm long; flowers ~5mm wide, white, in large panicles (thryse). Winter ID: bark smooth coppery-gray, horizontal lenticels (like a young cherry tree); buds opposite, sessile, 2-4mm long, with four pairs scales, orange/brown, margins lighter colour, tips pointed. | |