If you have lilacs in your yard, you know how precious it is to see them bloom. Most blooms only last a few weeks each year! The Bloomerang lilac is one the of few types of reblooming lilacs. Check out the following six of our favorite surprising facts we unearthed about this amazing shrub. These shrubs belong to the Oleaceae family, which includes over 20 different plant species, including olives, ash , and jasmine. Within their species, there are more than 1, varieties of lilacs, including some trees.
Lilac trees like the Peking and Japanese tree lilac can reach heights of more than 30 feet tall. For the ancient Greeks, lilacs were an integral part of the story of Pan, the god of forests and fields. It was said that Pan was in love with a nymph named Syringa. As he was chasing her through the forest one day, she turned herself into a lilac shrub to disguise herself because she was afraid of him.
Pan found the shrub and used part of it to create the first panpipe. Lilacs have come to symbolize spring and renewal because they are early bloomers. These bushes have also held different meanings in different cultures throughout the centuries. The Celtics saw lilacs as magical because of their sweet scent.
Grow new lilacs by taking semi-ripe cuttings - As soon as the flowers fade. Cut out any suckers - Mid June onwards. If you have a recently planted lilac however it is a good idea to keep the soil moist with hand watering in the summer months. After a year or two they will be more than able to find enough water for themselves. For established and newly planted lilacs they will benefit if you feed them once a year with three handfuls of blood, fish and bone sometime around the fourth week of April Sprinkle the feed around the soil at the edges of the canopy of the tree where new roots will be able to benefit from it.
A mauve lilac tree, click to enlarge. At the same time and whenever you have a few minutes later in the season take a look at the base of the tree for any suckers which appear through the soil surface.
For lilac trees three years old and more these should be cut away as close to the ground as possible, a few centimetres below if at all possible. White flowered lilac, click to enlarge. If you planted a new lilac tree in the previous year then in its first year, before it flowers, remove all the forming flower buds. This will help the plant establish a good root system early on ready for better flower production in later years. Tree lilacs are trickier. The classic definition of a tree is that it is over 13 feet tall and has a single trunk.
Tree lilacs can grow up to 25 feet high and have a tree-like appearance, but their many stems tend to get them classified as bushes. Linda Baxter on Jun 07, Saskie on Jun 07, That is a Miss Kim or Meyer lilac that has been grafted to a standard trunk. This may sucker at the base. Lorna Weppler on Jun 07, Lilac bushes sucker and are harder to control. Trees are more clean looking and easier to maintain. Bushes make for more privacy or hedge looking though. Pmu on Jun 07, I have a French lilac bush that looks the same.
Would like to know how to trim it so it looks like the one in the photo. Christine on Jun 07, They are not dwarf trees. They are shrubs that can be grafted onto a tree base so they look like a tree but they are actually a shrub growing on top of a tree trunk.
If you look carefully you can often find the graft. They are also used on the ground as hedges in many places.
They have a lovely fragrance. Reg on Jun 08, Is a Graft something you can purchase at a lawn store? How soon should you start to use it, I don't want to hurt the bush that was just planted.
Edith Siegel on Jun 11, A graft is not a 'thing'.
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