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Just wondering...

Elizabeth

Yes, in the right spot. Is it tough to keep them going, maybe.


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Baine Carruthers

"Elizabeth" wrote in message
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Just wondering...

Elizabeth

Do lilacs grow here?

Yes, but they don't thrive. They do better in colder climates.

Daniel B. Martin

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Do lilacs grow here?

Yes, but they don't thrive. They do better in colder climates.

Daniel B. Martin


I have one on the north side of the house. I suspect it's been around a
while. We have some neighbors that tried to give us some cuttings from
theirs while we were renting from them.....so it's not the only one around.
We're N. Durham county.

The Korean variety "Miss Kim" (which to me is pungent rather than sweet like
northern lilacs) will bloom here most years (sometimes decently, sometimes
feebly). I have a bush of it in the front yard, but mine is small and slow
growing. You should be able to find it in most specialty nurseries, though
they may only stock it seasonally. Call around and ask.

Good luck! I think I enjoy the IDEA of having a lilac as much as the
reailty, but with Miss Kim, it can be done, and I have seen some very large
old bushes of it locally.

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"Daniel B. Martin" wrote in message
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Do lilacs grow here?

Yes, but they don't thrive. They do better in colder climates.

Daniel B. Martin


I have one on the north side of the house. I suspect it's been around a
while. We have some neighbors that tried to give us some cuttings from
theirs while we were renting from them.....so it's not the only one
around.
We're N. Durham county.

Daniel B. Martin wrote:

Do lilacs grow here?

Yes, but they don't thrive. They do better in colder climates.

Thanks for saying that - I was starting to feel guilty because mine looks so
lame every year

When/how is the best time/way to prune them?

--
Susan Hogarth

Susan Hogarth wrote:

Thanks for saying that - I was starting to feel guilty because mine looks so
lame every year

When/how is the best time/way to prune them?

Right after they are finished flowering. If you prune in the fall, they
will not flower the next spring.

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu