In article , michael
cane writes
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?

Yes, almost certainly.

But which lilac have you got? If it were not the usual lilac, but one of
the other species like Syringa microphylla, pink flowers would be what
you'd expect, with not quite the abundance of flowers in the main
flowering period, but a steady trickle of pink scented flowers over the
rest of the summer.



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Kay Easton

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