Highly regarded overseas and just as popular here this cultivar is very consistent and reliable. The wine red, single flowers are carried in large, slim trusses up to 30cm long. Plant in sun to light shade in deep well worked soil. Side dress with lime occasionally. Deciduous.

Sweetheart is a very unusual lilac with double, deep dusky-pink buds which open to a lovely pastel pink, making a striking contrast. Highly fragrant. Plant in sun or part shade in deeply worked soil. Side dress with Lime annually. Deciduous.

With dark green, rounded to oval and leathery leaves emerging in Spring, it is hardy and free flowering with large single white flowers richly scented on upright clusters of pyramidal panicles.

Lilacs are best blended amongst other plants where their colourful and fragrant blooms may be appreciated through spring.

Lilacs are best blended amongst other plants where their colourful and fragrant blooms may be appreciated through spring. Hardy and free flowering with large single rich purplish-fuchsia flowers.