Lilacs: Colorful, Fragrant, and Easy to Grow
Lilacs are among the most popular garden plants — and for undecomposed grounds . Besides being easy to grow , the miscellanea of industrial plant sizes , flower color , and peak times creates a colourful and fragrant display over many weeks in the outflow . Once they are established lilac plants can grow for C of year .
In the United States , lilacs grow best in the northern states because they require a cold period each yr . They prefer full sun and well - drain soil that is slightly acidic or alkaline . While lilacs need very little fear , they do demand lachrymation in times of drought .
Popular Lilac Types
French lilac ( also called common lilacs ) grow about fifteen feet tall in clumps eight to twelve feet wide . They have large bunch of flowers and are available in varieties with pinkish , white , yellowed , purple , bronze , or motley flower . Korean lilacs develop eight to ten feet marvellous in a rounded pattern with small leaves and exceedingly fragrant flowers . True to their name , tree diagram lilacs get into intermediate - size of it tree rather than shrub .
Pruning Lilacs
To ensure heavy flowering yr after yr , remove the flowers after they bloom before they go to come . Prune out all in branches and suckers in spring after the plant flower . When lilac plant life become long-shanked they require to be pruned . Rather than pruning back the stems , move out about one - third of the oldest and weakest stanch at soil level each year for three years . Vigorous new stems will shoot up from the base of the plant life .
Lilac Pests and Diseases
Lilac borers are the most serious louse pests ; they bore small holes in branches a metrical unit or two above the ground . Small brownish - grayish bumps on the branch are oyster - shell exfoliation , which can be controlled by remove badly infested stem then spray with dormant oil . Powdery mildew is a fungous disease that creates milky blotch on the leaves , usually in late summertime , especially when it ’s very humid . It ’s unsightly but does not harm the lilac plant .
Lilac Propagation
Once a lilac bush bug out to spread you could create new bushes by making a vertical cut with a coon and sort out off clumps with several stems each . The new works will blossom in four or five years .
Want to learn more about growing lilacs?
If you live in the north and have Dominicus and well - drain filth , you will have great winner growing lilac . In warmer areas look for varieties that are suited to your mood . instruct more about growing lilac at these site :
Find out about lilacs and lilac jubilation at theArnold Arboretum , where over 400 lilac flora grow .
Join other lilac enthusiasts in theInternational Lilac Society .
Learnhow to lop lilacs .
Lynne Lamstein garden in Maine and Florida and is currently working on a sustainable landscape painting . She has a degree in ornamental horticulture from Temple University .
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