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Landscape Uses:Border, Standard, Seashore, Specimen. Succeeds in most soils, including chalk, but dislikes acid soils. Prefers a deep stiff well-drained loam in a warm sunny position. A very ornamental plant, it does tend to sucker quite freely though. There are many named varieties, developed for their ornamental value. The flowers attract butterflies and moths. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus. Special Features: Not North American native, Fragrant flowers, Blooms are very showy.

Edible Parts: Flowers Edible Uses: Flowers - raw or folded into batter and fried to make fritters.

Dye Essential Hedge Hedge Rootstock An essential oil is obtained from the flowers. Used in perfumery. A green dye is obtained from the flowers. Green and brown dyes can be obtained from the leaves. A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the twigs. Plants can be grown as an informal hedge. The plant is often used as a rootstock for the various ornamental cultivars of lilac. Its main disadvantage is that it can sucker very freely.

Heimisch: Akershus, Aust Agder, Bulgaria, Buskerud, England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I], Scotland [I], Isles of Scilly [I]); Ireland [I] (Ireland [I], Northern Ireland [I]); Luxembourg [I]; Germany [I]; Czech Republic [I]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [I]; Spain [I]; France [I]; Channel Isl. [I] (Alderney [I], Guernsey [I], Jersey [I]); Italy [I]; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; NE-Greece; Estonia [I]; Latvia [I]; Lithuania [I]; Belarus [I]; Crimea [I]; Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Kazakhstan [I]; Turkmenistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Tajikistan [I]; South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; Pakistan [I]; India [c]; New Zealand [I]; Canada [I] (British Columbia [I], New Brunswick [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I], Saskatchewan [I]); USA [I] (Arkansas [I], Colorado [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Iowa [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kansas [I], Kentucky [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Missouri [I], North Carolina [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], South Dakota [I], Tennessee [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I]); Bolivia [I]; Argentina [I], Global, Greece, Møre og Romsdal, NW. Balkan Pen., North America, Romania, Telemark, Vest Agder, Vestfold, Østlandet Eingeführt: AM, AT, AU, Albania, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, BA, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Brussels-Capital Region, Central European Russia, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Flemish Region, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Krym, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Walloon Region, West Virginia, Wisconsin