Lilac

In the Northwest, the lilac blooms in early June and sometimes falls under, late frosts. If this happens, then flowering you can not see as their ears. But if you are lucky and there will be no frost, then you can enjoy its luxurious flowering and marvelous aroma. Lilac - one of the most loved shrubs. However, gardeners should learn something about it before planting in their small territory.

Lilac came to us from the mountains, and therefore it has a superficial root system, widely spread around the bush in all directions in search of water and food. It literally grabs the soil in the entire district at a distance of 15-17 meters from the bush. If you pay attention, you will notice that the soil under the crown of the bush becomes completely sterile, like gray dust, and even weed plants do not want to grow on it, since the lilacs left nothing even to them. Therefore, I do not recommend planting it on a plot of six hundred. It is better to drop it off as a green hedge behind a ditch, from the side of the road. But even here there is a danger. If you have varietal plants, and unusual lilacs, then the bush you can "move" to someone else's site is not without help. Lilac blossoms shortly, no more than two weeks, at other times the bush has an unpleasant appearance and unattractive foliage, so it is better to plant it not in the very sight, if you still want to drop it on your site.

Lilac has one very important property - its foliage is able to absorb harmful emissions of industrial plants and cars, so it is exceptionally good for planting large cities.

The lilacs are undemanding to soils, they are stable to drought, but it should grow on a sunny place. She has practically no illnesses and pests, so she does not need special care, but what you need to do regularly is cut the root shoots every year, up to the root, otherwise it will not bloom badly. This is especially important for grafted hybrid lilacs. If you do not cut the shoots, then the grafted lilac will be rejected and the "wilds" will actively go from below, that is, the stock of the usual lilac will take a place under the sun.

Lilac slowly builds up the root system, and therefore it does not get well in the first years after planting. But even when it gets accustomed, then from the growth there is literally no hanging. The shoots can be separated from the mother's bush( but not closer than 1.5-2 m from the main trunk) and planted elsewhere. This can be done almost all summer, as it quickly terminates the growing season and easily tolerates the transplant, although it sticks, as already mentioned, slowly.

You can cut lilacs, and at the time of its flowering. On the cuttings should be taken not flowering shoots from the center of the bush.

Seeds are not planted with lilacs, since it will bloom from seeds in ten years. True, there is the Amur lilac, which blooms on the 4th year after sowing( the bush reaches 3 m height), and the velvety lilac, which from the seeds blooms already in the 3rd year( low bush, only 1.5 m).

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It is necessary to know that the flower buds of lilacs are laid directly under the faded brush, so the blossoming brushes must be carefully broken, otherwise the flowering may not be the next year.