I would love to trade for a couple of your lilac bush seedlings. I have gooseberry seedlings and anise hyssop which smells wonderfully of anise, the butterflies love the blossoms and it is a great tea herb.

Syringa vulgaris is a large deciduous shrub or multi-stemmed small tree. We generally refer to them as shrubs in these parts, but whatever one wants to call them is fine with me. Mention "syringa vulgaris" and it's pretty well known what you've got. The rejuvenation practice is to take out 1/3 of the trunks, not 1/3 of just the branches or branch tips a third of the way down. Say you have a mature specimen with 9 trunks, take out 3 of the oldest so new ones can grow in to take their place. I get this done by an arborist every 10-15 years. This winter resulted in some breakage on the older trunks; not as much as I feared would happen, mercifully. But, after they bloom, they'll get the rejuvenation and clean up they need.

I guess I should mention that it is in Brighton. Also you will need to dig it. I have one shovel and am willing to help! Catrina

Congratulations! I recently met two people who grow Adeniums and did not even know those pods bore seeds ... They would cut them off and toss them! I lost my breath for a moment when they told me that! Just in case ... Please be certain to allow the pods to ripen and open while still attached to the tree. Once it cracks open, it can be harvested. One smart way to make sure your seeds don't fly away is to tie a fine mesh bag or knee-high/stocking over the seed pod. I hope you grow lots of babies!