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(Syringa x 'Declaration') Star-shaped reddish purple flowers appear in large dramatic clusters in early spring. The scent is spicy sweetâthe essence of spring. The deciduous shrub reaches 6 to 8 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide; it takes full sun, or light shade in the hottest climates. Most lilacs bloom best in regions with winter chill (Sunset climate zones A1âA3; 1â11, 14â16).
Bud and clusTer develOPMenT Bud development. As shoots grow during the growing season, buds form in the axil of the leaf (at the base of the petiole). The first bud to form in the leaf axil is the lateral bud. This bud grows during that first growing season into a lateral shoot.f the bud does not grow in that first season it will die. The first leaf of the lateral bud is reduced to a prophyll, a modified leaf that does not look like the other leaves one normally sees along the shoot. An additional bud formed in the axil of this prophyll is called the compound bud.