What sort of common lilac (Syringa Vulgaris) is this?

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I thought it would be easy enough to buy a 'common lilac' but of course there are all sorts of types, they're not all the same. I went to a nearby garden centre having been told they had them in stock but the individual types they had weren't quite the right flower for me.

The one I'm after is a lilac colour for sure, but none of the flowers seem to match the one in the picture, to replace the one we used to have. It's not a 'Sensation' - the colours are more stark on that one, this is a nice feather duster feel.

This website gives some info on it but doesn't seem to mention all the different varieties.

https://www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/sv/syringa-vulgaris-common-lilac.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1teq08SX_gIVD7rtCh0MjQizEAQYCCABEgIZYPD_BwE

Can anyone help?

Could it be this?

www.starnursery.com/product/lavender-lady-lilac

That’s got the right colour, but it has single flowers and OP’s pic has double flowers.

Scentara Double Blue?

Surprising to see this old thread up! I did buy three lilacs from the local garden centre, they were about £25-£30 each and didn't bloom first time round but seem to be coming through this years, so fingers crossed.

One was the white 'limonen' one (sp?) and the others, well, I can look it up but they were that kind of pinky colour. They were barely knee high when I got them, and have taken a while to grow, not up to my waist yet. They will take a while to be actual 'lilac trees' - maybe a few years, and I thought they might have died over the winter, as they seemed very inactive. However, some buds are coming through, so will see how it goes.

I did go all round the houses trying to find the right one, however.

Surprising to see this old thread up! Damn!

Yes it’s difficult to find the tough old varieties. I have a lwhite lilac -it’s mixed in with a laurel hedge and though v tough has few flowers - I should prob move a bit to a better spot to see if it flowers better but would prefer a lilac coloured flower.

Incidentally, while this thread got reopened, I saw a nice lilac - Michel Bugnal I think it's called - at my local market. I did decide against that one, but it was maybe shoulder high and only £25 - annoying because as I said I bought a couple from my local garden centre a year ago and they are not even waist high still, I should have got a head start on it by buying a large one, it's gonna take ages to become close to the real deal.