Japanese name: コバノハシドイ Scientific name:Syringa meyeri
[Overview]
A deciduous shrub up to 1.5 m tall.
It branches freely and grows densely.
The branches are slightly four-angled and densely hairy.
The leaves are simple and opposite, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-obovate, sometimes nearly round, 1–5 cm long and 0.8–3.5 cm wide, with an entire margin.
The petiole is 0.6–1.5 cm long.
Erect panicles 7.5–10 cm long bear many densely set flowers, and the inflorescence has soft hairs.
The flowers are tubular with 4 lobes at the tip, and the color is blue-purple, red-purple, pink, white and so on.
The flowers are fragrant.
The fruit is a capsule.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division, grafting or layering.
It prefers sunny, well-drained, well-ventilated, fertile soil.
Avoid places that receive western afternoon sun.
For potted plants, water thoroughly when the soil surface dries; for plants in the ground, rainfall is sufficient, but in midsummer water once in the morning.
Apply organic fertilizer in winter.
It is usually not pruned much, only cutting branches that are too crowded; since flower buds form in summer, do this right after flowering.
Pests and diseases include aphids and scale insects.
