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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 |
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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. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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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. |
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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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"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 |
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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 |
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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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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. -- http://www.thehungersite.com/ |
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, "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... There is no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world and we'll never have to change it again. -- Swami Beyondanada ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
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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 |
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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! |
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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/ SNIP Cool, my wife has childhood memories of lilacs that must be assuaged! I do too! With hope and heart, Kathleen |
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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 Be sure to let us know how the plants do. I miss the smell of lilacs and huge purple bouquets too! Cindy |
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