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Cora Brandt Lilac
Syringa vulgaris ‘Cora Brandt’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Cora Brandt Lilac - Syringa vulgaris ‘Cora Brandt’
White lilacs do something the coloured ones cannot: they hold light at dusk, and ‘Cora Brandt’ is one of the better doubles for that job. The florets are fully double, opening from faintly cream tinted buds to clean white, packed into large upright panicles across a vigorous Syringa vulgaris framework. Planted where evening light falls, or against a dark hedge or wall, it reads far more strongly than its restrained colour suggests.
Why ‘Cora Brandt’
Pure white doubles: Multi petalled white florets give the panicle a dense, almost frothy quality.
Evening presence: White flowers stay visible after sunset, making it valuable near outdoor dining and entries.
Contrast partner: It lifts and separates the purple and magenta cultivars when they are planted as a group.
Full lilac perfume: The scent is the classic heavy lilac fragrance, undiminished by the pale colour.
Strong panicles: Flower heads are held upright on firm stems rather than flopping after spring rain.
Ideal Applications
Evening garden: Positioned along a path or beside a terrace used after dark.
White garden schemes: A cool climate anchor for monochrome plantings with hydrangeas, philadelphus and white roses.
Backdrop to colour: Set behind darker lilacs so both are read more clearly.
Cutting garden: White double panicles are among the most useful lilacs for indoor arrangements.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 2.5m apart
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 4m apart
Best Planting Season: Winter, while the plant is dormant and bare
Soil & Drainage: Free draining loam, neutral to slightly alkaline, and never in a low spot that collects water
Establishment Care: Deep soak weekly through the first two summers and mulch generously, leaving a clear collar around the stems. Feed with a low nitrogen complete fertiliser after flowering, since excess nitrogen produces lush foliage and very few panicles the following spring.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 4m
Width: 2.5 to 3m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: The Balkan Peninsula of south eastern Europe (the parent species)
Flower Colour: White
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







