Syringa makes breath-taking display in gardens, landscapes
Collected by the waters of Clark's River in 1806, Syringa was named for Merriweather Lewis
(Photo courtesy ENJOY_BERLIN via PIXABAY)
Collected by the waters of Clark's River in 1806, Syringa (Philadelphus lewisii), was named for Merriweather Lewis by Frederik Pursh, the botanist commissioned to catalog the plant specimens collected by the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Native from southern British Columbia to the central California Sierras, then east to Idaho and Montana, Syringa blossoms were incorporated into the Idaho state seal, designed in 1890...
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