Lilac bush has a mystery problem...
Dean (Z7a NJShore)
7 years ago
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Comments (1)Do you have a name for your lilac? I have had very poor luck with James McFarlane or McFarland. Miss Kim takes a LOT of water in the location I have it in. Was fine in another place I was just holding it in, never needed extra. Have to see how it does with better mulching and more root establishment since it has been in place a year now. I have heard bad things about the tiny Tinkerbelle bushes. Don't take our cold well, die after only a couple years anyway. Is your bush getting a good airflow around it? Sometimes they need more air circulation to keep problems away, like the discolorations of late summer. Being small, it could just be very close to the damp ground and not having any airflow. How much water is it getting? I try to do a good soak with bush mulched well, just every 4-5 days if we don't get rain. My dirt holds water well, lots of clay and organic material in it, not sandy at all....See MoreOT: Lilac bushes
Comments (9)My dwarfs are the only ones with blooms. Evidently the lilac problem is fairly widespread. Besides not seeing any while driving I posted on the Mid-Atlantic forum and everyone is having the same issues. Even DH's local suppliers don't have anything. I have white, lavender, purple, pink, doubles, all kinds and none are in bloom : ( All the other spring trees and flowers have been blooming normally. It's just the lilacs. I hope the peonies are nice. I'll really be pissed if they don't have buds! Enjoy yours and think of all the sad folks down here when you are smelling your lilacs. lol...See Morelilac trees/bushes AND new to gardening
Comments (17)G'day! - Nancy, you (and any other GardenWeb posters/lurkers) are most welcome to the Spring Swap; info on the MAG Spring Swap is located on the Exchange Page. (The link is right above the messeges on the regular MAG Forum page.) It'll be May 14 this year. - Don't be shy about coming to the swap, even if you're "plant-poor" with little to trade this year. Many of us have major surpluses of certain plants; (you DO want some strawberry plants from my garden, right? They make a great "living mulch" underbedding around taller perennials, and i will have a hundred or more surplus in spring.) - Also, you could just start up extra seedlings specifically for swapping. The easiest method is to make lots of cheapie pots (i use plastic yogurt containers with drainage holes punched in the garden), sink 'em in the bed and seed them along with the rest of the garden. Then, come swap-time, just lift 'em out, wipe of the dirt, and they're ready to got, with no potting up! - Or, just bring something for the potluck picnic which follows the swap. Great folk, great food, great plants. But be prepaired to bring home plants you never knew you needed! - Cecilia, yes, i have tries airrooting, but haven't succeeded yet. i've had a bit of success rooting OTHER lilacs from cuttings (thanks, Rita!), just not this plant. i think it may just be gettting very old and no longer be vigerous enough. Sigh. - Happy gardening, -vlad...See MoreMystery Pest on Lilac Bush
Comments (4)its a huge plant.. in a small pot... it needs to be planted ... and thereafter.. if not next year.. the leaf issues will go away ... eggs or not.. i see no related leaf damage ... from bugs ... no doubt.. the plant has been abused ... so be it ... minor leaf damage is a part of nature ... my usual diatribe about the proper planting season for transplants simply does not apply to lilac ... plant it.. water it.. ignore it ... i once had a sucker i potted for 2 years to grow some roots.. completely forgot about it ... barely any soil. never watered ... and i planted it in august.. watered it once.. then forgot about it for 2 more years.. lol ... needless to say.. it did not thrive.. lol.. but it didnt die ... so go at it ... if the eggs bug you. pun intended.. snip off that leaf.. and crush it under foot ... powdery mildew is not uncommon on lilac.. this time of year.. ignore it ... or spray with baking soda.. sure you can google that up .... though slathering on goos.. on an already stressed plant is not high in my book of things to do.. which brings me back to plant it.. water it.. ignore it ... ken...See MoreDean (Z7a NJShore)
7 years ago
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