Plant Profile: five unusual lilacs!

This week on The Horti-Culturalists, spring is springing and we're taking a look at a classic bloom out at this time; lilac! But Stephen has some very firm ideas about just what he's prepared to offer space to in his garden so we'll be looking at some interesting species Syringa and some of the earlier hybrids, all of which have better form than the more common hybrids, have better foliage and in some cases good Autumn colour, and all take up less space! And many thanks to Cathy Newing for letting us wander about her fabulous garden - and offering Stephen a cutting of the mauve form of Syringa × persica!
The plants we cover in this video are:
Syringa × persica - The Persian lilac
Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' - Dwarf Korean lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim'
Syringa × chinensis - the Rouen Lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'
Syringa afghanica - The Cut Leaf Lilac
And if you are interesting in finding out more about The Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria you can here: www.rhsv.org.au/