Overview

Introduce a touch of timeless beauty and intoxicating fragrance to your outdoor space with the Miss Kim Lilac live plant. Revered for its abundant clusters of lavender-blue flowers, this exquisite shrub transforms any garden into a sensory delight. The Miss Kim Lilac live plant, scientifically known as Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’, is a compact and versatile cultivar that brings vibrant color and a sweet aroma to your landscape. Beyond its stunning spring display, its bold green foliage transitions to a lovely pale burgundy in the autumn, offering continuous visual interest throughout the seasons. This resilient and easy-to-grow shrub is perfect for both novice and experienced gardeners looking to add a reliable and beautiful flowering plant to their collection.

The Miss Kim Lilac live plant is a favorite for its low-maintenance nature and hardiness, thriving in USDA Zones 4-8. It’s an excellent choice for creating a fragrant border, a captivating hedge, or as a standalone specimen that draws attention with its charm. Each plant is carefully cultivated and shipped as a healthy specimen, typically 6 to 12 inches tall, in a quart pot, ensuring it arrives ready for successful planting and establishment in your garden.

Key Benefits

Choosing a Miss Kim Lilac live plant for your garden offers numerous advantages, from its aesthetic appeal to its ease of care. This popular shrub provides year-round interest and brings a delightful sensory experience to any outdoor setting.

• Exquisite Fragrance: Enjoy the rich, sweet aroma of abundant lavender-blue flowers that fill your garden each spring, creating a truly enchanting atmosphere. The fragrant blooms are a highlight of this fragrant lilac shrub.
• Seasonal Foliage Interest: Beyond its captivating flowers, the bold green leaves of the Miss Kim Lilac turn into attractive shades of pale burgundy in the fall, adding a unique dimension to your autumn landscape.
• Versatile Landscaping Use: This adaptable shrub is perfect for various garden applications. Plant it as a focal point, integrate it into mixed borders, or use it to create beautiful, low-growing hedges along pathways and driveways.
• Hardy and Low Maintenance: Known for its resilience, the Miss Kim Lilac thrives in a wide range of climates (USDA Zones 4-8) and requires minimal care once established, making it an ideal choice for busy gardeners.
• Attracts Pollinators: The vibrant blooms are a magnet for butterflies and other beneficial pollinators, contributing to the biodiversity and health of your garden ecosystem.
• Compact Growth Habit: Unlike some larger lilac varieties, Miss Kim maintains a manageable size, typically reaching 6-8 feet tall and wide, making it suitable for smaller gardens or where space is a consideration.
• Long-Lasting Blooms: Enjoy a prolonged display of beautiful lavender-blue lilac flowers, providing weeks of color and fragrance in late spring to early summer.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Miss Kim Lilac live plant is straightforward, ensuring a vibrant and healthy shrub for many years. Proper care will encourage abundant flowering and robust growth, allowing you to fully enjoy its beauty and fragrance. This outdoor flowering plant thrives with basic attention to its environmental needs.

For optimal growth and flowering, plant your Miss Kim Lilac live plant in a location that receives full sun, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. While it can tolerate some partial shade, flowering will be more prolific and vibrant in full sun. Ensure the soil is well-draining, as lilacs do not like consistently wet feet. A slightly acidic to neutral soil pH is preferred. When planting, dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball and just as deep. Gently loosen the roots before placing the plant in the hole, backfill with soil, and water thoroughly.

Watering should be moderate. Allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings, especially once established. Young plants will require more consistent moisture. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced slow-release granular fertilizer or a fertilizer formulated for flowering shrubs. Pruning is best done immediately after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new blooms for the following season. Remove any dead, damaged, or crossing branches. The Miss Kim Lilac care routine is designed for simplicity. It is hardy in USDA Zones 4-8, making it suitable for a broad range of climates. With proper care, your fragrant lilac shrub will flourish.

Size & Details

This offering is for one healthy Miss Kim Lilac live plant, shipped in a quart-sized nursery pot. Each plant typically measures between 6 to 12 inches in height from the base of the soil to the tip of the foliage, providing a well-established young plant ready for transplanting into your garden. The quart pot ensures a robust root system and minimizes transplant shock, allowing for quicker establishment in its new home. These plants are grown to be hardy and resilient, prepared to thrive once planted.

When mature, the Miss Kim Lilac will reach an average height and width of 6 to 8 feet if left to grow naturally, forming a lovely rounded shrub. Its moderate growth rate means you will see noticeable development each season, with the first significant blooms typically appearing within the first few years. The plant’s compact nature makes it an excellent choice for a variety of landscape designs without overwhelming smaller spaces. Expect a beautiful display of lavender-blue lilac flowers in late spring to early summer.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Miss Kim Lilac live plant get? A: The Miss Kim Lilac typically reaches a mature height and width of 6 to 8 feet if left to grow naturally, forming a dense, rounded shrub.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: Each Miss Kim Lilac live plant is shipped in a quart-sized nursery pot, which provides ample space for its root system and ensures a healthy start.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Miss Kim Lilac is an outdoor flowering shrub, hardy in USDA Zones 4-8, and is not suitable for long-term indoor cultivation. It is a beautiful outdoor flowering plant.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For the best flowering results, this lilac requires full sun, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. It can tolerate partial shade, but blooming may be less abundant.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the Miss Kim Lilac is known for being a low-maintenance and easy-to-grow shrub, making it a great choice for gardeners of all experience levels. Its Miss Kim Lilac care requirements are minimal.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your fragrant lilac shrub will arrive as a healthy, live plant in its quart pot, carefully packaged to ensure it reaches you in excellent condition, ready for planting.
• Q: How long until it blooms? A: Miss Kim Lilacs often begin to bloom within 1-2 years of planting, with more abundant flowers appearing as the plant matures and establishes itself in your garden.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The best time to plant your Miss Kim Lilac is in spring or early fall, allowing the plant sufficient time to establish its root system before extreme summer heat or winter cold.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Yes, the Miss Kim Lilac is very cold hardy and thrives in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 through 8, making it suitable for many regions with cold winters.
• Q: What type of soil does it prefer? A: This lilac prefers well-draining soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH. Avoid heavy, waterlogged soils to prevent root issues.