NAME: Early Lilac Tree Seed - Syringa oblata Shrub seeds - FRAGRANT BLOOMS - Cold Hardy Zones 3 And UP OTHER COMMON NAMES: Broadleaf Lilac SCIENTIFIC NAME: Syringa oblata COLOR: Pale Purple BLOOM: Mid-season PLANT HEIGHT: 10 to 12 ft Zones: Cold hardy to zone 3 LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Full Sun to Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average to Medium QUANTITY: 20 Seeds OTHER: Early Lilac - Syringa oblata Cold Hardy to Zone 3 ~!! Syringa oblata is a large shrub or small tree, 10 to 12 feet tall, related to S.vulgaris. New foliage has a bronze cast to it, changing to dark green, light red to red purple in the fall. Unusual among the lilacs in having any fall color. Flowers are pale lilac, to purple-lilac, on 2 to 5 inch panicles. Native to China. Flora of china states: Shrubs or small trees to 5 m. Branchlets glabrous, puberulent, or pubescent. Petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade ovate, ovate-orbicular, to reniform, slightly broader than long or slightly narrower than long, 2.5-10(-14) × 2.5-8(-15) cm, glabrous or pubescent, villous to glabrescent, base subcordate or truncate to broadly cuneate, apex abruptly acute to long acuminate.