Lilac Bushes
David Semon
My four year old Lilac bush has never bloomed. It is planted in full sun .
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.
Peg
FlwrCrzy
Peg:
One reason I can think of for your Lilac bush not to bloom is pruning. You
didn't mention whether or not you are pruning the bush. If you prune before it
buds you will not get any blossoms that year and if you prune too severely you
MAY not get any again. My husband was forever cutting back my lilac bush and
for years it never bloomed even though it was prolific before he started all
that cutting. I got him to stop last year but then I moved before I had the
chance to see if it would blossom this year (sigh)
Flo
USDA Zone 9 and loving it!
Tackett
You didn't say where you are. Lilacs need at least a few frosts to flower
well so they do best where winters are cold. They like moist,
humus-rich,well-drained soil.
Leighann
David Semon <dse...@dc.jones.com> wrote in article
<6h28in$v...@news2.jic.com>...
: My four year old Lilac bush has never bloomed. It is planted in full sun
Kay Cangemi
> My four year old Lilac bush has never bloomed. It is planted in full sun .
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
It's just a baby!! Why does everybody think that baby lilacs should
reproduce? Wait until it gets older. If it hasn't bloomed by the time it's
9 or 10, then something is wrong, but for now be patient.
--
Kay Cangemi
New York, USDA zone 5
Donald J. Dickson
Another possibility is that you are being too nice to it. Lilacs seem to
do better if neglected (not fertliized). Fertilizer, for whatever
reason, seems to be very effective in growing strong non-flowering lilac
bushes. Check out the ones you see in the countryside around old
abandoned farms. They haven't been fertilized or watered in years except
by Mother Nature and they have the best looking blooms you are likely to
see.
In addition every spring you should go out with an axe in your hand and
threaten it with instant destruction if it doesn't put out flowers. Who
says plants don't understand. Worked for me.
;-))
Cheers,
Don Dickson
--
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a
rock.
bran...@wans.net
From Shelley,
Feed it super phospate? If you figure out what works,
please post the answer.
In <6h28in$v...@news2.jic.com>, "David Semon" <dse...@dc.jones.com> writes:
>My four year old Lilac bush has never bloomed. It is planted in full sun .
>Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Peg
>
>
bran...@wans.net
From Shelley,
I've noticed that container grown lilacs for sale
at nurseries are in bloom. They can't be very old. How do the
growers get them to bloom so young? There's gotta be a
secret to this.
In <Cangemi-ya0230800...@news.newsguy.com>, Can...@ulster.net (Kay Cangemi) writes:
>In article <6h28in$v...@news2.jic.com>, "David Semon" <dse...@dc.jones.com> wrote:
>
>> My four year old Lilac bush has never bloomed. It is planted in full sun .
>> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>>
>It's just a baby!! Why does everybody think that baby lilacs should
>reproduce? Wait until it gets older. If it hasn't bloomed by the time it's
>9 or 10, then something is wrong, but for now be patient.
>
Wayne Bell
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:55:13 -0400, "Donald J. Dickson"
<cx...@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
>Kay Cangemi wrote:
>>
>> In article <6h28in$v...@news2.jic.com>, "David Semon" <dse...@dc.jones.com> wrote:
>>
>> > My four year old Lilac bush has never bloomed. It is planted in full sun .
>> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
>> >
>> It's just a baby!! Why does everybody think that baby lilacs should
>> reproduce? Wait until it gets older. If it hasn't bloomed by the time it's
>> 9 or 10, then something is wrong, but for now be patient.
>>
>
>Another possibility is that you are being too nice to it. Lilacs seem to
>do better if neglected (not fertliized). Fertilizer, for whatever
>reason, seems to be very effective in growing strong non-flowering lilac
>bushes. Check out the ones you see in the countryside around old
>abandoned farms. They haven't been fertilized or watered in years except
>by Mother Nature and they have the best looking blooms you are likely to
>see.
>
>In addition every spring you should go out with an axe in your hand and
>threaten it with instant destruction if it doesn't put out flowers. Who
>says plants don't understand. Worked for me.
>;-))
There is some truth to this. I have experienced very good growth and flowers the
following year on Lilacs that I pruned severely. They seem to do better the more
you prune.
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Wayne Bell
wb...@golden.net
"http://www.golden.net/~wbell"
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Kay Cangemi
> From Shelley,
> I've noticed that container grown lilacs for sale
> at nurseries are in bloom. They can't be very old. How do the
> growers get them to bloom so young? There's gotta be a
> secret to this.
>
They are probably seriously pot-bound. A lot of plants will bloom when
under various types of stress.
Leo Smit
Kay Cangemi wrote in message ...
Greenhouse growers also have the recipes to force any number of types of
plants into bloom through a combination of temperature, light, and
application of specific nutrients (& hormones?). It's good for
marketting; whether or not it's good for the plant in the short or long
run is a question... A tree or shrub which is transplanted at this stage
will need a few years to re-establish its roots before significant top
growth and eventually flowering happens, in most cases.
--
Leo Smit, Mt Uniacke, Nova Scotia, Canada;
USDA Zone 5, sort-of