Common lilac varieties

The genus Lilac (Syringa) from the Olive family has about 30 species growing in Northeast Asia, Iran. These are deciduous, rarely evergreen shrubs with simple leaves and numerous fragrant flowers of various colors (from white to purple), collected in large panicle inflorescences. Fruits - boxes, ripen in September-October. Currently, more than 2000 varieties have been created, differing in color, degree of doubleness, size of flowers and inflorescences.