Patent

A new cultivar of Syringa patula plant named ‘Pink Flower Select’ that is characterized by its floriferous blooming habit with inflorescences covering the top two-thirds of the plant when in full bloom, its large inflorescences that are pale pink to white in color that open from pink buds, its fall foliage that is red-purple with yellow-green margins and veins in the fall in most years in Southern Wisconsin, its ability to be readily rooted from softwood stem cuttings, its ability to be readily overwintered (even as young plants) with cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 3b, and its resistance to root rot) and powdery mildew.