Syringa × laciniata or cut deeply into three to nine lobes or leaflets. The flowers are pale lilac, produced in loose panicles up to 7 cm long in mid spring. It is hardy to USDA plant hardiness zone 5. Syringa × laciniata Syringa × laciniata, the cut-leaf lilac or cutleaf lilac, is a hybrid lilac of unknown, though old origin. It is thought to be a hybrid between "Syringa vulgaris" from southeastern Europe and "Syringa protolaciniata" from western China. Although often cited as being from China, it more likely arose somewhere in southwestern Asia, where it was first scientifically described from cultivated plants
The Alnwick Garden as architectural landscaping, topiary and decorative gates. A garden featuring intoxicating and poisonous plants was added in February 2005. Species of the Poison Garden include "Strychnos nux-vomica" (source of strychnine), hemlock, "Ricinus communis" (source of harmless castor oil but also deadly ricin), foxglove, "Atropa belladonna" (commonly called Deadly Nightshade")", "Brugmansia" and "Laburnum". The mission of the Poison Garden also includes drug education, with featured plantings of cannabis, coca and the opium poppy "Papaver somniferum". The Alnwick Garden The Alnwick Garden is a complex of formal gardens adjacent to Alnwick Castle in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland, England. The gardens have