Add vibrant spring color and graceful fragrance to your landscape with the James Macfarlane Lilac, a Preston lilac cultivar known for its striking purple blooms edged with white margins. Blooming in mid-spring, this deciduous flowering shrub produces abundant clusters of slightly fragrant blossoms, ideal for cottage gardens, borders, privacy plantings, and pollinator-friendly landscapes.

Featuring an upright growth habit and lush green foliage, this ornamental shrub is suitable for larger landscapes and seasonal focal points. Hardy and easy to grow, it thrives in colder climates and provides dependable blooms year after year. The plant is shipped established in a 2 gallon nursery pot, ready to flourish in your garden.

Includes:
• 1 live James Macfarlane Lilac
• 2 gallon pot plant
• Purple blooms with white margins
• Healthy, rooted flowering shrub
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: James Macfarlane Lilac
• Botanical Name: Syringa x prestoniae ‘James Macfarlane’
• Plant Type: Deciduous flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil: Well-draining fertile soil
• Watering: Moderate; water regularly during establishment
• Mature Height: Approximately 10–15 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–7
• Container Friendly: Limited; best suited for landscape planting

Care Tip

Plant in full sun for optimal flowering and air circulation. Prune lightly immediately after blooming to maintain shape and encourage healthy future blooms.

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.