Flower Gardening Advice - HelpfulGardener. com Tips to help you fill your garden with flowers Learn how to garden better in order to have blooms nearly all year long Easy to follow instructions
Care and Maintenance of Lilacs in 5 Easy Steps Lilacs will tolerate almost any kind of soil, from clay to sand, with a pH of 6 0 to 7 0 Like any plants, lilacs will benefit from compost and humus worked into the soil to help retain water during dry spells and to provide additional nutrients Fertilizer You do not need to provide frequent fertilizer or organic feeding for your lilacs
Do Lilacs Cross Pollinate? - HelpfulGardener. com Me thinks she already has 'Sensation' - its one of the two lilacs planted in the same hole Will have to look for that variety on my next nursery foray - alas though I am out of growing space for shrubs Lilacs are pruned once a year and that is done right after blooms fade Pruning should rarely be needed Better to just remove the faded blooms
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Ivory Silk Lilac tree leaves dying - HelpfulGardener. com Lilacs are pretty vulnerable to root rot in those conditions You can try using a fungicide as a root drench You might try pulling some soil away from the base of the trunk where it is buried too deep
Keeping lilacs shorter - HelpfulGardener. com Keeping lilacs shorter Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:21 pm I've planted a lilac in a pretty small triangular garden in the front of my house -- probably closer to the house than it should be -- and would like to keep it to 6'-7'