Chinese Lilac, Rouen Lilac             si-RING-ga ×  chi-NEN-sis

• Deciduous shrub, 8-15 ft (2.4-4.5 m) tall with similar width, dense, somewhat arching.  Leaves opposite, simple, to 8 cm long and 3 cm wide, ovate-lanceolate, medium to dark green above and pale below, glabrous.   Flowers, pale lilac, in clusters, 10-15 cm long, fragrant.
• Sun or part shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 3
• chinensis: of or from China, a misleading name since this plant is not from China.  S. × chinensis is a hybrid (S. × persica × S. vulgaris) that was developed in Rouen, France in about 1777.