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Sensation Lilac
Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’
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.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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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.
Sensation Lilac - Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’
‘Sensation’ is the picotee lilac: each single floret is deep purple red with a crisp white margin around every petal, an effect you have to stand close to appreciate and which no other common lilac offers. The panicles are large and well filled on an upright Syringa vulgaris framework, and the scent is the standard heavy lilac perfume. Be aware that individual branches occasionally revert to plain purple flowers, which is a known and accepted trait of the cultivar rather than a fault in the plant.
Why ‘Sensation’
White picotee edge: Every petal is outlined in white, giving a detail that rewards close viewing beside a path or seat.
Single flowers: Open florets display the two tone marking clearly, which doubling would obscure.
Panicle size: Flower heads are generously proportioned and hold their shape well on the bush.
Occasional reversion: Some branches may throw solid purple flowers, and these can simply be pruned out if the picotee effect is wanted throughout.
Cool climate performer: Needs a properly cold winter to flower well, so it belongs in the highlands, tablelands, Tasmania and hills districts.
Ideal Applications
Close viewing positions: Best planted where people pass within a metre, since the petal edging is the whole attraction.
Collector and specialty gardens: A distinctive cultivar for a garden built around lilac varieties.
Mixed spring border: Its bicolour flowers bridge purple and white plantings in the same bed.
Cut flowers: The marked florets are striking in arrangements and unlike anything else in the vase.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 2.5m apart
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 4m apart
Best Planting Season: Winter, while fully dormant
Soil & Drainage: Free draining soil at neutral to slightly alkaline pH, with lime added where the ground is acidic
Establishment Care: Water deeply once a week through the first two summers and mulch to 75mm without piling material against the stems. Prune within a few weeks of flowering finishing, and remove any reverted solid purple stems back to their point of origin at the same time.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 4m
Width: 2 to 3m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: The Balkan Peninsula of south eastern Europe (the parent species)
Flower Colour: Purple red with a white petal margin
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.







