"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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I presume you don't mean Syringa vulgaris (lilac), but mock orange? If
the latter, they are quite difficult to kill, but you would need to
keep
a potted one well watered and well fed.

Syringa (var.Katherine Havemeyer) is not a mock orange. It is one of
the
lilacs, a Syringa emodi variety. 15 ft tall, deciduous

As I said, Syringa vulgaris (lilac).....

Not Syringa vulgaris, but Syringa emodi
But let it be..

Brian just said 'syringa' which is a movable feast to us old-timers.

Franz
Franz

"Chris Stewart" wrote in message
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"Brian Watson" wrote in message
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I have been given a Syringa Vulgaris/Emodi (var.Katherine Havemeyer)

I would give it a bigger pot, and some decent soil with good
drainage. It will survive - it may thrive, but you need to make sure the
growing conditions are OK - eg water it regularly, feed it regularly -
experiment with the fertilisers if you must, but a normal growmore would
do.
It's not an exact science, but most things will grow in pots - (think
bonsai
trees - they're in pots for years, but are maintained and fed.) Go on,
give
it a bash - my ash, rowan, purple elder, hazel, minarette apples, phormium
etc all survive, outdoors in pots of varying sizes in Aberdeen, and don't
do
as well as their cousins in the garden, but flower and look good never the
less.
Chris S

Thanks Chris and also to all others who replied.

I am going to give it a go in a larger pot with Growmore and bonemeal and
see if I can get it through the first summer.

My daughter (who gave it to me) is prepared to take the risk too.

:-))
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Brian
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from "Brian Watson" contains these words:

I am going to give it a go in a larger pot with Growmore and bonemeal and
see if I can get it through the first summer.

My daughter (who gave it to me) is prepared to take the risk too.

:-))

I don't think that treatment will help your daughter's development much.

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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

As I said, Syringa vulgaris (lilac).....

Not Syringa vulgaris, but Syringa emodi
But let it be..

pedant

Syringa vulgaris sub-species emodi?

/pedant

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"Rusty Hinge1" wrote in message
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from "Brian Watson" contains these words:

I am going to give it a go in a larger pot with Growmore and bonemeal
and
see if I can get it through the first summer.

My daughter (who gave it to me) is prepared to take the risk too.

:-))

I don't think that treatment will help your daughter's development much.

You haven't seen my daughter - a few months in a pot of Growmore'd do her a
power of good.

:-)

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Brian
"What's the point in growing up if you can't behave like a kid when you want
to."