Lilac Bushes
 

Does anyone know where I can find any lilac bushes? Not much luck with Home
Depot, etc. Had one in Abilene and it grew real big and fragrant; blooming
twice a year, in April and October... Would like to have a couple for the
back yard, I live out in the country in the Cedar Creek area.
Please post here; thanks!

--
"Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side" -Lou Reed

Christopher wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find any lilac bushes? Not much luck with Home

I don't think lilacs do well here in Central Texas, that's probably why
you don't see them for sale.

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Victor Martinez wrote:
Christopher wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find any lilac bushes? Not much luck
with Home


I don't think lilacs do well here in Central Texas, that's probably why
you don't see them for sale.

We had a dwarf lilac for several years that grew okay the first 4-5
years then it croaked this last winter. I agree that this climate will
be a stretch for those heat hating plants.

I surmised as much; that's probably why I can't find any. thanks for your
replies!
-christopher

"jOhN" wrote in message
.. .
Victor Martinez wrote:
Christopher wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find any lilac bushes? Not much luck
with Home


I don't think lilacs do well here in Central Texas, that's probably why
you don't see them for sale.

We had a dwarf lilac for several years that grew okay the first 4-5
years then it croaked this last winter. I agree that this climate will
be a stretch for those heat hating plants.

In article ,
"Christopher" wrote:

I surmised as much; that's probably why I can't find any. thanks for your
replies!
-christopher


Japanese ligustrum (Privett) are related.
The flowers are white and they bloom in the spring...

and smell fabulous.

Some folks on this list are gonna kill me again for offering these,
but you can have all you want for free if you want to come and dig them
up!

E-mail me if you are interested! I'll even provide the pots and soil.

I've not gotten around to potting up all of the babies in the yard yet,
so there are plenty!

I plan to make a nice hedge out front with them and keep them pruned
down to 6 ft.

Katra at centurytel dot net
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

Mine are thriving!! I discovered on one of my walks down the road that my
neighbors have made a wonderful privacy fence out of ligustrum and they
smell fabulous!
Thanks again Katra!
Kathleen, who also misses the lilac bushes that she grew up with
--
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper
He should sweep streets
Even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music,
or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
HE should sweep streets so well
that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say,
Here lived a great sweetsweeper who did his job well.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr



I surmised as much; that's probably why I can't find any. thanks for
your
replies!
-christopher


Japanese ligustrum (Privett) are related.
The flowers are white and they bloom in the spring...

and smell fabulous.

Some folks on this list are gonna kill me again for offering these,
but you can have all you want for free if you want to come and dig them
up!

E-mail me if you are interested! I'll even provide the pots and soil.

I've not gotten around to potting up all of the babies in the yard yet,
so there are plenty!

I plan to make a nice hedge out front with them and keep them pruned
down to 6 ft.

Katra at centurytel dot net
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

In article ,
"Kathleen" wrote:

Mine are thriving!! I discovered on one of my walks down the road that my
neighbors have made a wonderful privacy fence out of ligustrum and they
smell fabulous!
Thanks again Katra!
Kathleen, who also misses the lilac bushes that she grew up with
--

Oh cool! :-)
I'm glad to know that they survived for you...
They come up so easily initially.

Did the confederate jasmine survive?
I've never tried to propagate it before.
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

I'm not sure... The stuff that we got from out in front of your place
didn't live.
Everything else looks good!
Wiht hope and heart,
Kathleen

Did the confederate jasmine survive?
I've never tried to propagate it before.
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

Ooh, sorry. :-(

I'll have to get some low pots out and try air layering it then.
I'd hoped the roots I ripped out would survive.

I've had to remove a LOT of it over the years when it spread where I did
not want it! lol

Cheers!
Kat

In article ,
"Kathleen" wrote:

I'm not sure... The stuff that we got from out in front of your place
didn't live.
Everything else looks good!
Wiht hope and heart,
Kathleen

Did the confederate jasmine survive?
I've never tried to propagate it before.
--
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

There is something referred to as a "Texas Lilac". Forgot the real name. Not
crepe myrtle.

"Christopher" wrote in message
...
I surmised as much; that's probably why I can't find any. thanks for your
replies!
-christopher

"jOhN" wrote in message
.. .
Victor Martinez wrote:
Christopher wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find any lilac bushes? Not much luck
with Home


I don't think lilacs do well here in Central Texas, that's probably why
you don't see them for sale.

We had a dwarf lilac for several years that grew okay the first 4-5
years then it croaked this last winter. I agree that this climate will
be a stretch for those heat hating plants.

Try looking for something called "vitex". Lots of them blooming around
Austin right now. These things get huge, my mom used to have some that
were 10-12' tall.

http://www.plantanswers.com/vitex.htm

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/cemap/vitex/

DT

Carlos wrote:

There is something referred to as a "Texas Lilac". Forgot the real name. Not
crepe myrtle.

"Christopher" wrote in message
. ..


I surmised as much; that's probably why I can't find any. thanks for your
replies!
-christopher

"jOhN" wrote in message
...


Victor Martinez wrote:


Christopher wrote:



Does anyone know where I can find any lilac bushes? Not much luck
with Home


I don't think lilacs do well here in Central Texas, that's probably why
you don't see them for sale.



We had a dwarf lilac for several years that grew okay the first 4-5
years then it croaked this last winter. I agree that this climate will
be a stretch for those heat hating plants.










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In article
,
"Carlos" wrote:

There is something referred to as a "Texas Lilac". Forgot the real name. Not
crepe myrtle.


Japanese ligustrum (privett) is related to the lilac.
They are blooming right now and smell heavenly!

They can grow into 50' trees, or if you keep them brutally pruned down,
they will continue to sprout a number of suckers from the base and
produce a nice hedge bush.

Some consider them a pest but I love them. If they over-produce, the
initial root systems are shallow (not like baby pecan and hackberry
weeds!) so they are easy to pull up for weed control.

I'm still giving young ones away if anyone wants them! :-)

They are hardy and require little water, altho' regular watering will
make them grow faster just like any other baby tree...

I wonder how these would do on ebay? lol

--
K.

Sprout the Mung Bean to reply...

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A friend recently sent me some info on "Descanso Hybrids".
http://www.sunset.com/sunset/Premium...s297/Lilacs297.
html
The first low-chill lilac, called 'Lavender Lady', was developed in Southern
California 30 years ago by Walter Lammerts, a researcher and hybridizer with
Rancho del Descanso--a former wholesale nursery that's now the site of
Descanso Gardens, a botanical garden open to the public. "Walter was an
excellent hybridizer," says Bob Boddy, son of the nursery's owner. "He came
up with a progeny of 350 potentially outstanding low-chill lilacs." Although
many varieties of lilacs are sometimes attributed to Lammerts, 'Lavender
Lady' and 'Angel White' were his only direct creations.

I am about to try this company for some lilac bushes:
lilacs that you can grow in Zone 9 http://www.spi.8m.com/

With hope and heart,
Kathleen

--
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper
He should sweep streets
Even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music,
or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well
that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say,
Here lived a great sweetsweeper who did his job well.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr


"Christopher" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know where I can find any lilac bushes? Not much luck with
Home
Depot, etc. Had one in Abilene and it grew real big and fragrant;
blooming
twice a year, in April and October... Would like to have a couple for the
back yard, I live out in the country in the Cedar Creek area.
Please post here; thanks!

--
"Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side" -Lou Reed

Kathleen wrote:
A friend recently sent me some info on "Descanso Hybrids".
http://www.sunset.com/sunset/Premium...s297/Lilacs297.
html
The first low-chill lilac, called 'Lavender Lady', was developed in Southern
California 30 years ago by Walter Lammerts, a researcher and hybridizer with
Rancho del Descanso--a former wholesale nursery that's now the site of
Descanso Gardens, a botanical garden open to the public. "Walter was an
excellent hybridizer," says Bob Boddy, son of the nursery's owner. "He came
up with a progeny of 350 potentially outstanding low-chill lilacs." Although
many varieties of lilacs are sometimes attributed to Lammerts, 'Lavender
Lady' and 'Angel White' were his only direct creations.

I am about to try this company for some lilac bushes:
lilacs that you can grow in Zone 9 http://www.spi.8m.com/

With hope and heart,
Kathleen
SNIP
Cool, my wife has childhood memories of lilacs that must be assuaged!

A friend recently sent me some info on "Descanso Hybrids".

http://www.sunset.com/sunset/Premium...s297/Lilacs297.
html
The first low-chill lilac, called 'Lavender Lady', was developed in
Southern
California 30 years ago by Walter Lammerts, a researcher and hybridizer
with
Rancho del Descanso--a former wholesale nursery that's now the site of
Descanso Gardens, a botanical garden open to the public. "Walter was an
excellent hybridizer," says Bob Boddy, son of the nursery's owner. "He
came
up with a progeny of 350 potentially outstanding low-chill lilacs."
Although
many varieties of lilacs are sometimes attributed to Lammerts, 'Lavender
Lady' and 'Angel White' were his only direct creations.

I am about to try this company for some lilac bushes:
lilacs that you can grow in Zone 9 http://www.spi.8m.com/


SNIP
Cool, my wife has childhood memories of lilacs that must be assuaged!

I do too!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen