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Local nurseries and lilac varieties they carry

Local nurseries and lilac varieties they carry

Chapon's Greenhouse & Supply

, Baldwin Borough, 412-881-1520
'Miss Kim,' 'Tinkerbelle' (dwarf), 'Sensation,' 'Vulgaris,' 'Katherine Havemeyer,' 'President Grevy,' 'General McFarlane.'

Franklin's, Franklin Park, 412-366-8765
'Ludwig Spaeth,' 'Palibin,' 'Miss Kim,' 'Congo,' 'Vulgaris,' 'Donald Wyman,' 'Nocturne,' 'Ivory Silk.'

Hahn's Garden Center, Ross, 412-635-7475
'Vulgaris' (purple and white), 'Meyer' (Korean dwarf), 'Miss Kim' (in bush and standard form), 'Tinkerbelle' (dwarf), 'Sensation,' 'Miss Canada,' 'President Grevy,' 'Lavender Lady,' 'Primrose,' 'Royal Purple,' 'Minuet,' 'Charles Joly,' 'Clark's Giant,' 'Ivory Silk.'

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Plumline, Murrysville, 724-327-6775
'Miss Kim,' 'Meyer' (dwarf Korean), 'Alexander Pink,' 'Red Wine,' 'Katherine Havemeyer,' 'Belle de Nancy,' 'Madame Lemoine,' 'Sensation.'

Reilly's Summer Seat Farm, Ohio Township, 412-364-8662
'Prince Charming,' 'Palabin' (dwarf Korean), 'Miss Kim,' 'Beauty of Moscow,' 'Ivory Silk' (tree lilac), 'Ellen Wilmott,' 'President Grevy,' 'Primrose' (yellow), 'Sensation,' 'Yankee Doodle,' 'Vulgaris,' 'Vulgaris Alba,' 'Josee' (dwarf, repeat bloom)

Sestili's, Oakland, 412-681-1200
'California Rose,' 'Mount Baker,' 'Poca-hantas,' 'Julianna Hers' Weeping Lilac, 'Cutleaf Lilac,' 'Palabin' (dwarf Korean), 'Miss Kim,' 'Ivory Silk' (tree lilac) plus lilacs trained as standards, 'Vulgaris,' 'President Grevy,' 'Sensation,' 'Yankee Doodle,' 'Wonder Blue.'

Trax Farms, Finleyville, 412-835-3246
'Sensation,' 'Primrose' (yellow), 'Miss Kim,' 'Donald Wyman,' 'Vulgaris,' 'Agnes Smith,' 'Albert Holden,' 'Belle de Nancy,' 'Miss Canada,' 'Prairie Petite,' 'Thumbelina,' 'Yankee Doodle.'

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The Urban Gardener, North Side, 412-323-GROW
'Meyer,' 'Miss Kim.'

Other sources

Blue Hill Country Garden: www.bluehillcountrygarden.com/index.html

Wayside Gardens: www.waysidegardens.com

Fox Hill Lilac Nursery: www.lilacs.com

Wedge Nursery: 1-507-373-5225

Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum: www.arboretum.har-vard.edu/plants/lilac_ne.html

First Published: April 29, 2006, 4:00 a.m.

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