Syringa reticulata var. reticulata (Japanese tree lilac, "Hashidoi")

Japanese name: ハシドイ
Scientific name: Syringa reticulata var. reticulata

[Overview]
A deciduous small tree 6–7 m tall, growing in the mountains.
The bark resembles that of Sakura, with horizontal lenticels.
The leaves are simple and opposite, broadly ovate, 6–10 cm long and 5–6 cm wide, abruptly pointed at the tip, with the upper surface depressed along the veins and short hairs on the underside.
The leaf margins are entire.
The leaf stalk is 1–2 cm long.
Cymose panicles at the branch tips bear many densely packed flowers.
The flowers are white, 5 mm across, and salver-shaped with 4 lobes at the tip.
The flowers are fragrant.
The fruit is an oblong capsule that splits in two when ripe.
The seeds are flat and elliptic, with a wing around the edge.

[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed, by grafting, or by layering.
It prefers fertile soil in a sunny, well-drained, well-ventilated site, but a place with partial shade in summer is better.
Avoid places that receive the afternoon sun.
Rainfall is sufficient for watering, but in midsummer water once in the morning.
Apply fertilizer in winter, mainly organic types such as bone meal and oil cake.
The branches are not numerous, so it is usually not pruned much, only thinned during the dormant season.
Pests and diseases include aphids and scale insects.

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