Add bold color and classic fragrance to your garden with the Charles Joly French Lilac, a stunning heirloom variety known for its rich, dark purplish-red double blooms and strong, sweet scent. This potted plant stands approximately 3 feet tall and is ready to establish in your landscape.

Blooming in spring, this lilac produces dense clusters of velvety flowers that deepen in color as the plant matures, reaching full flowering potential within 2–3 years. Its dramatic color and fragrance make it a standout choice for garden borders, focal plantings, and cottage-style landscapes.

Highly cold-hardy and reliable, Charles Joly performs best in climates with cold winters, rewarding growers with abundant blooms year after year.

You will receive:
1 live Charles Joly lilac plant (potted)
Height: approximately 3 feet
Double dark red/purple blooms
Fragrant French lilac variety
Ships in 36" tall protective box

Growing Information

• Common Name: Charles Joly Lilac
• Botanical Name: Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’
• Plant Type: Deciduous flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun (light shade in hottest areas)
• Soil: Well-draining, slightly alkaline soil preferred
• Watering: Moderate; average water needs
• Mature Height: 10–15 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–8
• Container Friendly: Possible when young; best planted in ground long-term

Care Tip: For best blooms, plant in full sun and allow exposure to cold winters. Prune right after flowering to shape the plant and promote next season’s buds.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.