Syringa 'Charles Joly'

Syringa 'Charles Joly'Known by the Latin Syringa vulgaris tree and, more commonly, the lilac tree or lilac shrub, this hardy plant is easy to care for and produces a reliable show of flowers from late spring. The Syringa Charles Joly garden plant cultivar boasts heart shaped mid green foliage with large clusters of double flowers in a striking shade of purple red. Lilac trees are a magnet for pollinators and make an ideal butterfly plant as the perfumed nectar rich blooms

Begonia Cascade Pink prefers moist but well-drained

a splayed tuberous root

Its frilled

Japanese gardens

These double-headed beauties have central petals intertwined with golden yellow corona segments

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Narcissi may require winter mulching to protect them from frost

and light green leaves offering a wonderful bushy backdrop

The Syringa vulgaris ‘Belle de Nancy’ has an upright habit

or as part of a mixed container display

It is also disease resistant

offering floral colour long after most other plants have faded