Cutleaf Lilac            si-RING-ga la-sin-ee-AH-ta

• Deciduous shrub, 6-8 ft (1.8-2.7 m) tall, dense, rounded mound.  Leaves opposite, first leaves lobed, 3-9 lobes, later leaves may not be, 2.5-6.5 cm long, blue-green, glabrous.  Flowers borne on 6-8 cm clusters along the branches, pale purple, fragrant; blooms in spring (May).  Apparently often sterile.
• Sun or part shade.  Heat tolerant and mildew resistant.  Forms many suckers with age.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4      Native to Turkestan and western China.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: southwest corner CH₂M-Hill Alumni Center.