lilac

[Alex Ball Flowers]

Hi Arjen,

do you use a crysal product for the post harvest of lilac, mine is
ready now but I have tried normal crysal professional 3 for
conditioning, but im not sure it makes that much difference.

I was in the wholesaler the other day and their lilac was for sale
with plant food, but they couldnt me what it was, and said it came
with the lilac from the grower in holland. Just wondered if you new
what it was, apparently what ever it is they use it for viburnum
opulus too,

also will you still have peonies at the end of June?

regards

Alex

[Arjen Huese]

Hi Alex,

I'm not harvesting lilacs yet, they are way too small... multiyear project I suppose. I know they are difficult to hydrate and it'd be best to contact Chrysal directly. Their rep in the UK is Claire Strait - her email is: cla...@chrysal.co.uk

She will also be speaking during the harvest and post-harvest course in July.

Peonies, end of June... I don't think so, it's usually last week of May and first two weeks of June, but having said that - this year everything is so delayed, who knows!

Arjen

[Gill Hodgson]

Alex – if Claire has useful advice maybe you’d post it here for all of us to share?  I love using lilac and have tried many different ways (all in vain) of making it last longer.

 

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[English Peonies]

Hi Alex I don't sell Lilac flowers commercially but pick from my garden I have found that using crysal 3 solution in vases means that it keeps for at least a week I hope that's helpful.
I will also have pink Sarah Bernhardt peonies available at the end of June if you still need them. Sarah

[Amanda Fawzi]

Hi, there is useful advice on cutting lilacs in the flower farmer by lynn byczynski. Cut them early am, remove all leaves except 2 below panicle, place in warm preservative solution and keep cool. I have used this method and estimate that I get 2 days more vase life.

amanda

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From: Gi...@flowersfromthefarm.co.uk
To: flower...@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: [Flower Grower:648] lilac
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:05:36 +0100

[Samantha Bond]

Some also advise scraping around  bottom of the stem and slitting it to help hydration.

[Tony]

Evening everyone

 

We have a Lilac bush (well nearly a tree) in our garden, full of flowers, which is at least 8' tall and about the same wide. It is a purple (or deep lilac) that i have not seen in any garden centre. We think it is about 40/50 years old. Has anyone got any advice how to take some cuttings from it to make new plants. There are some small twigs/branches coming out of the ground around 3' away from the main bush. I have been told that these are suckers (runners) and if used for new plants will grow but never flower. Can anyone help?

Many thanks

Tony

[Arjen Huese]

Hi Tony,

seems that Lilac is difficult to root. I've never heard that story about the suckers, and I don't believe it. I would just take the suckers and nurse them along and I'm sure they'll flower perfectly well.

Arjen

[Tony]

Hi Arjen

 

Many thanks for your email.  I will give the suckers a go and see what happens.

Cheers