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Villosa Late Lilac (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$187.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $187.00 | $7.48 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $158.95 | $6.36 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $140.25 | $5.61 |
| 24 bundles and up | $121.55 | $4.86 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Wholesale only. We carry Villosa Late Lilac only by the wholesale bundle. For just a few plants, see our Purple Lilac (Bundle of 3).
At a glance: Villosa Late Lilac is a non suckering, late blooming lilac rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Late lilac, Legacy lilac (Syringa villosa 'Legacy') |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 2 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-50°F). Grows in zones 2 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 6 to 10 ft tall and wide |
| Pollination | No pollination needed. Grown for bloom, not fruit. |
| Spacing | 3 to 5 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Outside row of a shelterbelt where you don't want suckers, hedges and screens, late spring bloom |
| Deer | Seldom badly damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 25 plants to a bundle, or 20 to a bundle for 3 ft. and taller. Sizes: 6-10 in., 10-24 in., 2-3 ft. and 3 ft.+. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Villosa lilac does the shelterbelt job of common lilac without spreading by suckers, so the row stays where you planted it. It blooms about two weeks later, which usually keeps the flowers clear of late frost.
Origin & History
Native to northern China. Legacy is a USDA plant materials release selected in North Dakota for shelterbelts and wildlife plantings.
Uses
A dense, leafy outside row, hedges and farmstead screens. It does best with a bit more moisture than common lilac and is less happy on the driest sites.
Growth Habit
Rounded, heavy leaved shrub, 6 to 10 ft tall, with rosy lilac to white flowers.
Spacing
Plant 3 to 5 ft apart. A bundle of 25 covers 75 to 125 ft of row.
Pollination
Nothing needed. Flowers feed bees and butterflies.
Cold hardiness
We rate Villosa lilac to zone 2, winters to -50°F.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Questions we get about Villosa Late Lilac
How cold hardy is Villosa Late Lilac?
We rate it hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F.
How far apart do I plant Villosa Late Lilac?
3 to 5 ft apart for a hedge or shelterbelt row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, roots packed in moist sawdust, shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them: a plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code toward a future order.
Photos: “Syringa villosa NRCS-001” by D.E. Herman et al., North Dakota Tree Handbook (USDA NRCS PLANTS Database), via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.