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Lilac bush
I posted this earlier in another thread, with no response. Perhaps someone
could help? TIA. Our lilac bush has been planted for quite a few years (7 or 8) and this is the first year of prolific bloom. I do have questions, though. There's a heavy undergrowth of new shoots - should these be removed at (or below) ground level, or even removed at all because they will replace old growth - and when (and if) should old growth be removed to encourage flowering? Dora -- |
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On Fri, 13 May 2005 21:13:39 -0400, limey wrote:
I posted this earlier in another thread, with no response. Perhaps someone could help? TIA. Our lilac bush has been planted for quite a few years (7 or 8) and this is the first year of prolific bloom. I do have questions, though. There's a heavy undergrowth of new shoots - should these be removed at (or below) ground level, or even removed at all because they will replace old growth - and when (and if) should old growth be removed to encourage flowering? Dora You can remove the suckers growing on the bottom if you want. I remove the spent flower heads after the flowers die back. Prune out any cross branches (branches that are crossing). Prune off any dead branches, branchlets. |
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"Tom Randy" wrote in message limey wrote: I posted this earlier in another thread, with no response. Perhaps someone could help? TIA. Dora You can remove the suckers growing on the bottom if you want. I remove the spent flower heads after the flowers die back. Prune out any cross branches (branches that are crossing). Prune off any dead branches, branchlets. Thanks, Tom. |
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Also be careful when you are removing the spent flower heads to remove only
the head because the new flowers for next year form immediately below the old flowers so you don't want to cut off next years bloom. |
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"Smiles" wrote in message Also be careful when you are removing the spent flower heads to remove only the head because the new flowers for next year form immediately below the old flowers so you don't want to cut off next years bloom. Valuable tip - many thanks. |
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"limey" wrote in message ... I posted this earlier in another thread, with no response. Perhaps someone could help? TIA. Our lilac bush has been planted for quite a few years (7 or 8) and this is the first year of prolific bloom. I do have questions, though. There's a heavy undergrowth of new shoots - should these be removed at (or below) ground level, or even removed at all because they will replace old growth - and when (and if) should old growth be removed to encourage flowering? flowering seems to be primarily on second season branches. We lived with this a few years, but the flowering occurrec higher and higher each year until we finally realized that to keep it fairly low (if this is desirable for one) cut the heck out of the old growth and encourage the lower, even suckers sometimes, branches. (now most flowering is less than four or five feet tall...... was ten or twelve, with bare leaves on lower limbs. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! Lynn |
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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message flowering seems to be primarily on second season branches. We lived with this a few years, but the flowering occurrec higher and higher each year until we finally realized that to keep it fairly low (if this is desirable for one) cut the heck out of the old growth and encourage the lower, even suckers sometimes, branches. (now most flowering is less than four or five feet tall...... was ten or twelve, with bare leaves on lower limbs. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! Lynn I posted this earlier, Lynn, but it's not showing up in OE, so here goes: Hmmm. That's interesting. This year, the bush has finally had bloom all over but I'll watch to see if it shows the traits you mention. Many years ago, my parents had huge lilac bushes that seldom bloomed - I remember my Dad said the old growth should be cut out - but he was no longer up to it. He was quite a gardener - too bad I didn't take much interest at that time. Dora |
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limey wrote:
I posted this earlier in another thread, with no response. Perhaps someone could help? TIA. Our lilac bush has been planted for quite a few years (7 or 8) and this is the first year of prolific bloom. I do have questions, though. There's a heavy undergrowth of new shoots - should these be removed at (or below) ground level, or even removed at all because they will replace old growth - and when (and if) should old growth be removed to encourage flowering? Dora Lilacs http://home.golden.net/~dhobson/column.html |
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