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Miss Kim
Syringa pubescens 'Miss Kim'
Also called korean lilac and miss kim lilac
Miss Kim blooms from May through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Miss Kim
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 6 ft tall and 5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).
Pets
- No toxic listing found for dogs and cats in the sources we check.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Miss Kim. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Miss Kim
Plant Miss Kim in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Miss Kim get?
6 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult5 ftwideSee Miss Kim in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Miss Kim
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Miss Kim about 5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Miss Kim to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Miss Kim's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags were checked against 11 published sources on October 20, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical Gardenheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- gurneys.comGurney's Seed and Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- byf.unl.eduUniversity of Nebraska-Lincolnspread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societysun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Chicago Botanic Gardenhardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- The Morton Arboretumheight, spread, sun and trait tags
- Iowa State University Extensionheight and spread
- NC State Extensionheight and sun
- University of Illinois Extensionsun
- University of Minnesota Extensionsun
- University of Wisconsin HorticultureUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Extensionhardiness zones
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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