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Lilacs-Atlanta
I am a lilac lover who is moving to Atlanta. A California friend tells
me that Descanso lilacs, a hybrid bred for Zone 9, will make it in Atlanta. Anyone have experience growing Descanso lilacs, or any other lilac hybrids for that matter, in Georgia? -N. Salkin |
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I have a French hybrid lilac that blooms okey in Augusta ,Ga.
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Atlanta is zone 7b...................all that humidity, plus the joys of
fireants as well......... but you gotta loves the south. at least you're prepared for the insanity of the Atlanta drivers having lived in California............ madgardener who goes AROUND Atlanta whenever possible on trips to avoid the "Hot-Lanta drivers" "Nina Salkin" wrote in message om... I am a lilac lover who is moving to Atlanta. A California friend tells me that Descanso lilacs, a hybrid bred for Zone 9, will make it in Atlanta. Anyone have experience growing Descanso lilacs, or any other lilac hybrids for that matter, in Georgia? -N. Salkin |
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"madgard" wrote in message ...
Atlanta is zone 7b...................all that humidity, plus the joys of fireants as well......... but you gotta loves the south. at least you're prepared for the insanity of the Atlanta drivers having lived in California............ madgardener who goes AROUND Atlanta whenever possible on trips to avoid the "Hot-Lanta drivers" Ah, but I'm moving down south from the north! I'm a northeast babe, and the traffic down there is horrifying, even to a Lawnguylander! Just want a week of lilacs ... is that too much to ask? -Nina |
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You might give some consideration to the lilac SYRINGA MICROPHLLA `SUPERBA',
a small lilac that is compact and dense, with a small leaf that is reasonably free of the usual lilac leaf diseases such as powdery mildew. It blooms in the spring with a pink bloom that reminds me of buddleia with occasional blossoms during the summer if kept watered and will rebloom in the fall. The common name is little leaf lilac. It doesn't have the huge blooms of the French lilacs, but the fragrance is incredible, and it's size makes it a good, small yard addition. Our neighbors have one in their yard and asked me what it was. I didn't know but recognized the distinctive lilac fragrance of the blooms. It's incredibly easy to start from cuttings (6 cuttings, 6 plants), and I have them in my holding bed (zone 6b, northern AR) waiting for spring planting. John "Nina Salkin" wrote in message m... "madgard" wrote in message ... Atlanta is zone 7b...................all that humidity, plus the joys of fireants as well......... but you gotta loves the south. at least you're prepared for the insanity of the Atlanta drivers having lived in California............ madgardener who goes AROUND Atlanta whenever possible on trips to avoid the "Hot-Lanta drivers" Ah, but I'm moving down south from the north! I'm a northeast babe, and the traffic down there is horrifying, even to a Lawnguylander! Just want a week of lilacs ... is that too much to ask? -Nina |
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Ah, but I'm moving down south from the north! I'm a northeast babe,
and the traffic down there is horrifying, even to a Lawnguylander! Just want a week of lilacs ... is that too much to ask? -Nina absolutely not. I have an older variety of lilac that grows quite well in the south and blooms fairly well for me. I suggest you get yourself settled, then open the phone book to Nurseries and hit a few and see what they offer in the way of lilac's. After you see what they offer, go to a few Home Despot's and Lowes and see if they might have the same varieties for much cheaper. Lilac's DO grow in the deep south. Oh honey, you have an inkling as to the horror's of the Atlanta drivers. It is historically known. I knew it was bad 30 years ago when I was just a young little hippie going to the Pink Floyd concert and almost missed the concert because the idiot manager at the hotel we'd booked just across the street (convenience of being able to WALK to the concert, and to nearby restaurants either before or after the thing was over to eat was our goal, that and not drive in our "condition" after the concert was over..........) from the Stadium, put us nine miles away and we like to have never found it. Add that once we found the motel (turned out someone had paid more money for OUR room.......ahh the days of youth and unknown treacheries), it had been raining for three days straight, the humidity was awesome and stifling (heck, I grew up in NASHVILLE and knew humidity, but this blew my mind) and it was my bright idea for us all to snag our shower curtains to sit on or throw over us in case it decided to some up another summer storm. Once the concert was over, and we found our way back thru the crowds of stoned Pink Floyd fans from outa town, we discovered there wasn't anywhere within 15 miles that was open to eat. These were the days of just a few awful Waffle's..........not one at every interstate exit like now. All I remember was the horrendous traffic and listening to my husband's best friend screaming as we tried to maneuver thru the throng going 60 mph on the right lane and shoulders (this was before they expanded the interstate to what it is now, we're talking when the interstate was just built and already inadequate for the people who were moving there in the mid 70's). ANYWAY, check out some nurseries and the local Depot's and Lowes and I bet you will have some good ol' fragrant lilac's in now time. g Good luck, keep in touch and let us know what kind you wind up getting. madgardener east of you off I-40 towards North Carolina in Eastern Tennessee |
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Lilacs in a container? That's a new one for me. I guess I have a lot
to learn about southern gardening...not to mention the south in general. I'm looking forward to having clematis and figs...two plants I've had difficulty with up north, but which should do fabulously down there. -Ninabelle |
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Nina Salkin writes: Lilacs in a container? That's a new one for me. I guess I have a lot to learn about southern gardening...not to mention the south in general. Actually, the container was in San Francisco, but similar methods should also work in Atlanta. I think your city gets a bit warmer so you would have to slightly water more often than I did out here. To implement the 3 times a year blooms that were possible with my method, you might have to cover the top of the planter with some covering to prevent over watering from thunder storms etc. Too much water just leaves the plant nice and green with only one spring flowering. The planter was a rather large one; several feet by several feet. David Giunti email: unity What is the question? Gertrude Stein's last words No one mouth is big enough to utter the whole thing. Alan Watts On Display in the UK http://www.web-gallery.co.uk |
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