Syringa miniature or what?
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10 years ago
Just bought this Syringa.
My friend thinks its a miniature - but maybe it's just young?
How to narrow down the type of Syringa ( the girl in the shop did not know)
Not sure where to plant it till I find out.
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WANTED: Old fashioned white Lilac seedling, Syringa vulgaris
Comments (3)Looks like they split a few times while i winterized them in this box over this past season. coming back healthy tho. Id LOVE to send you them, but id have a request :) nothing big n fancy. Your the person with all so awesome amounts of irises right? Yea if i could pick some species and maybe get some bulblettes? ill take the small ones im not greedy :) in return you can have all the lilacs i have here. i think it should be 2-3 tho id have to check rooting...See Morewhat syringa for hedging?
Comments (5)There is a lilac nursery on-line and they list ultimate height/spread for many cultivars. Maybe you'll find a couple you like. I have six s. microphylla Superba, which received their first rejuvenation pruning today after 23 years. If I deadhead them after flowering, I usually get a respectable second flush later in the season. If I don't prune them---which is the case most of the time---I get a much smaller second set of blooms, if any. I estimate these guys to be no taller than eight feet after all these years. However, they don't fill in a hedgerow the way vulgaris might---with lots of suckers. Superba has a habit more like weigela in my yard---a vase shaped shrub, 6'-8' high. Just make it a point to buy your lilacs on their own roots---NOT grafted. Here is a link that might be useful: lilacs.com...See Moresyringa to hedge or not to hedge
Comments (4)I don't know if you'll have an actual hedge; most lilac suckers come up quite close to the parent. I think that you will have a wider but still short, due to the wind, shrub. Since lilac blooms on last year's wood, if that keeps getting whipped off by the wind over the winter, you may end up with few flowers at all. My gut feeling is that the lilac is not going to thrive there....See MoreWhat is a miniature orchid?
Comments (1)There are many orchid species that are naturally small, the smallest flower in the world is an orchid. Schoenorchis comes to mind as a fairly common miniature. As far as the "Miniature" Phalanopsis that are sold in big box stores, most are regular Phals that will eventually grow to regular size. Some will be breed to be smaller than a typical Phal but will get bigger than it is when purchased....See Morelogo (10a)
10 years agoGood information. I really appreciate it.
I can't make up my mind where it will go.
22 inches high
The flowers took a beating (due to the rough boat trip home)
the remaining blooms don't seem to have the distinct shape of the English flowers that I remember.
No fleck of Amber in the centre just a plain plumbago blue.
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