Lilac is a classic plant that has proven to be popular with many UK gardeners. With beautiful cones of flowers, rich purple shades and a divine fragrance, Lilac Palibin is truly a special plant to cherish.
Noting that regular lilacs only bloom in May, plant breeders created Palibin with the intention of establishing a double flowering lilac. In May, Palibin will bloom with a delightful perfume like fragrance and then rest until September. Here the flower will bloom again with the bonus of being winter hardy, meaning that the plant isn’t a one-year wonder like other lilac varieties. Instead Palibin is a spectacular garden plant that will remerge with stunning blooms for decades to come.
Lilac Palibin has also been skilfully grafted to create a truly impressive and classic lollipop shape. This means that Palibin only requires light trimming across the seasons to maintain its globe shape. Minimum effort for such a fabulous display of garden flowers is one of Palibin’s most defining characteristics.
Each year Palibin creates an intoxicatingly sweet summer fragrance that permeates the air multiple times in May and September, creating a truly divine haven in your own garden.
A new fresh variety, Palibin is not only specially developed to double flower but also to remain compact. A perfect choice for modern gardens, these plants will thrive in plant pots, patio courtyards, balconies, and any other limited space.
You can grow this lilac will full confidence knowing that it’ll remain beautifully compact with fully fragrant blooms every single year. A reinvented classic, buy your Lilac Palibin today and experience vivid purples and enchanting fragrances year after year.
How to plant Lilac Palibin Standard
Grow in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. Palibins can be grown in containers if you wish using a soil-based compost such as our premium professional variety.
Shrub roots generally tend to spread out rather than down, so dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you’re planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill once the shrub is in place.
We’ve found that a square hole is better than a round one as the new roots tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the round hole. When they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain. Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots. Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot and refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling). Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
Mulch around the base of the plant with compost, gravel, bark etc.
How to care for Lilac Palibin Standard
Feed and water regularly throughout the growing season while young plants become established.
Lilacs can be pruned in winter or spring by removing any damaged, diseased, or misplaced stems before lightly shaping to retain the standard form and height. In mid-summer, faded flowers can be removed from the plants.
