Species profile
Japanese Lilac
Syringa reticulata
17,589 on Toronto's streets — 2.55% of the city's catalogued canopy.
🌸 Blooms Jun 5 – Jun 20: creamy white panicles, privet-honey fragrance
Toronto history — Japanese tree lilac — a compact, late-spring-blooming Asian import planted widely since the 1990s for smaller residential lots and under-wire positions.
Syringa reticulata, the Japanese tree lilac, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, and is grown as an ornamental in Europe and North America.
Where they cluster
| Neighbourhood | Trees |
|---|---|
| Stonegate-Queensway | 420 |
| Bedford Park-Nortown | 415 |
| West Humber-Clairville | 367 |
| Humber Summit | 327 |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn | 324 |
| Islington | 294 |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 280 |
| Eringate-Centennial-West Deane | 277 |
Notable specimens
- 158 cm DBH at 10 SANDBOURNE CRES · view →
- 145 cm DBH at 11 CORYLUS CRT · view →
- 139 cm DBH at 115 JOHNSTON AVE · view →
- 126 cm DBH at 1 GLAMIS AVE · view →
- 124 cm DBH at 44 LYNNHAVEN RD · view →
- 120 cm DBH at 10 WILLOWOOD CRT · view →
- 116 cm DBH at 49 TIMBERLANE DR · view →
- 114 cm DBH at 85 FORDWICH CRES · view →