Baby Kim lilac
Syringa 'Baby Kim'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Baby Kim' lilac (Syringa 'Baby Kim') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It blooms in spring and again later in the season, so you get more than one round of fragrant purple flowers. Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the blooms. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Cytherea peony, Little Beauty tulip, Standing Ovation little bluestem, and Polish Spirit clematis.