Early Blooming Lilac Seeds – 30 Count

Southern Seeds was founded in 2019 by Ryan and Kim Dorn and became Seed Therapy in 2025. The family business moved its operations to the Dallas, Texas, area in 2023. Drawing on generations of growing experience, the team focuses on dependable seeds, personal customer service, and helping gardeners succeed. Its work includes relationships with American farms and seed donations to schools and community gardens.

Welcome spring to your garden with the heavenly fragrance of the Early Blooming Lilac. This beautiful heirloom shrub is prized for its stunning clusters of pale lavender flowers that emerge earlier than many other lilac varieties. The sweet, intoxicating scent is a hallmark of the spring season. Growing a lilac from seed is a rewarding, long-term project that results in a magnificent, low-maintenance shrub that will provide beauty and fragrance for decades to come.

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• The classic, intoxicating sweet fragrance of lilac flowers.
• Large, beautiful panicles of pale lavender blooms.
• An early blooming variety that is one of the first signs of spring.
• A hardy, low-maintenance, and long-lived shrub.

• Plant Name: Early Blooming Lilac (Syringa oblata)
• Seed Quantity: Approx. 30 seeds
• Type: Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non-GMO
• Lifecycle: Perennial Shrub
• Height: 10-12 feet
• Days to Maturity: 3-5 years to first bloom
• USDA Zone: 4-7
• Origin: American Grown

Sold as seeds for planting. Select this packet by its variety, quantity, and growing requirements; it is not a live plant.

Country of origin: United States. The supplier identifies this product as American-grown.

• Stratification (Required): Seeds require a 60-day period of cold, moist stratification in the refrigerator to break dormancy.
• Sowing: After stratifying, plant seeds 1/4 inch deep in pots with a sterile seed starting mix.
• Germination: Keep soil moist and at room temperature. Germination can be slow and sporadic.
• Transplanting: Grow seedlings in pots for 1-2 years before transplanting to their permanent location.
• Light Requirement: Full Sun.
• Soil: Prefers well-draining, slightly alkaline soil.

Keep unused seeds dry and cool in a clearly labeled, closed container. Protect the packet from humidity and temperature swings, and retain the variety name and sowing notes for your next planting. Use the species-specific directions below when deciding whether to start indoors, sow directly, soak seeds, or provide a cold period. Germination and growth vary with seed handling and local growing conditions.

For general seed-starting and storage guidance, see University of Minnesota Extension’s seed-starting guide. Use the variety-specific packet directions for this product.

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