Miss Kim Lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula ‘Miss Kim’ · a late-blooming fragrant lilac
A compact lilac with purple buds opening to dense clusters of lavender to ice-blue flowers in late spring with a spicier scent than common lilac, then burgundy fall colour. It resists powdery mildew and deer and suits small spaces and hedges. Prune right after flowering, as it blooms on old wood.
- Mature size
- 5.5 × 5.5 ft
- 1.7 × 1.7 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- May
- Fall color Oct
Miss Kim Lilac at its mature size
A mature Miss Kim Lilac grows to about 5.5 ft tall and 5.5 ft wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Missouri Botanical Garden.
Through the year
What Miss Kim Lilac looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Dormant · Nov–Mar
Bare upright gray-brown stems.
In leaf · Apr, Jun–Sep
Dense upright-rounded shrub of dark green elliptic leaves.
In flower · May
Upright clusters of lavender to ice-blue flowers from purple buds.
Fall · Oct
Leaves turned burgundy to wine-purple.
Growing Miss Kim Lilac
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Hedge, foundation planting, specimen, deer resistant, fall color, and fragrant
- Leaves
- Drops its leaves in winter
- Native to
- Northeast China and Korea
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Miss Kim Lilac, that’s about 5.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Miss Kim Lilac in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other lilacs
Dwarf Korean LilacMiss Kim Lilac
Common Lilac
Ivory Silk Japanese Tree LilacAll drawn to the same scale.