Little Boy Blue lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Little Boy Blue'
USDA zones3 to 7
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 5 feet tall3 to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Ascending
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Sky blue single
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Little Boy Blue' lilac (Syringa vulgaris 'Little Boy Blue') is a shrub for specimen planting, cottage gardens, hedges, and cut flowers. 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, loamy or clay soil. Sky blue single flowers open in early to late spring and smell sweet, and bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds visit them. It is not a favorite of deer or rabbits, though hungry ones will eat almost anything.
Pairs well with Blue Muffin arrowwood viburnum, Carlton daffodil, Hosta, and Phantom panicle hydrangea.