What Does Syringa Look Like?

What it looks like: Syringa is an attractive perennial shrub that reaches heights of 4 to 8 feet. Its white, waxy flowers have 4 to 5 petals and many prominent bright yellow stamens. ... Syringa is found in medium-dry to moist soil along streams, rocky talus, dry ravines and canyons.

Is Syringa Mock orange?

Mock-Orange is not orange, the flower are white (apart from Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus' where the flowers are a golden yellow). ... The flowers have four white petals and smell of oranges and of Jasmine .

Is lilac a Syringa?

Syringa (lilac) is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere.