Charles Joly French Lilac – Syringa vulgaris Live Shrub | 3 Feet Tall Potted Plant | Double Dark Purple Red Flowers | Fragrant Hardy Lilac

Add dramatic spring color and rich fragrance to your garden with this live Charles Joly French Lilac, shipped potted and ready to plant. Known for its stunning double blooms in deep purplish-red tones, Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’ is one of the most beloved classic French lilac varieties. Its intensely fragrant flowers bloom in abundant clusters during spring, attracting pollinators and creating a striking ornamental display.

Hardy, vigorous, and long-lived, this elegant shrub grows into a beautiful flowering hedge or landscape focal point, ideal for cottage gardens, borders, patios, and traditional landscapes. Full flowering and mature bloom color typically develop within 2–3 years after planting. You will receive a healthy live plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

Product Details:

• 1 live Charles Joly French Lilac
• Height: approximately 3 feet tall
• Shipped in nursery pot
• Healthy, rooted flowering shrub
• Double dark purplish-red flower variety
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information:

• Common Name: Charles Joly Lilac
• Botanical Name: Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’
• Plant Type: Deciduous flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Young shrub
• Sun Requirements: Full sun preferred (light shade in hottest areas)
• Soil: Well-draining alkaline to neutral soil
• Watering: Average watering needs
• Mature Height: 10–15 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–8
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Pollination: Attracts bees and butterflies
• Container Friendly: Yes, when young

Care Tip:

Lilacs bloom best after cold winters and in sunny locations. Light pruning immediately after flowering helps maintain shape and encourages strong blooming the following season.

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.