"michael cane" wrote in message
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Wife has bought two standard lilacs from QVC. After a month, one has a
different type of leaf growing from above the graft, looks very much like
privet. Is it possible that rootstock is privet? I have cut off the
offending shoot and rubbed out some small buds way down the stem. Is this
going to be a regular problem?

One of the plants also has tiny pink, flower like growths at the tips of
the
branches. Could these be a late attempt to flower?


If it was a different rootstock, the rootstock species leaves would be below
the graft, not above it.
R U sure its not just the fact that younger leaves sometimes look quite
different from older?

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