RE: transplanting lilacs

C* N*

I live in Spokane, named the Lilac City.  We have the Lilac Torchlight
Parade in May, you get the drift.

Personally, I own several lilacs and in my biased opinion, you cannot kill
the darn things.  Be VERY careful where you plant as they have a tendency to
be very tenacious in their survival...

Connie Nelson
Spokane, WA

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	lisa vandyke [SMTP:vandykelisa@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:26 PM
> To:	community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject:	[cg] transplanting lilacs
> 
> Hi,
> In my not-so-vast experience, it is hard to kill lilacs. Take the young 
> stuff, make sure you have plenty of root hairs, cut back all the growth to
> a 
> few inches, then transplant, same depth you dug them at, water well. Then 
> wait. Take more than you think you need, a few chunks might not make it. I
> 
> wouldn't worry too much about the best time to transplant, just make sure 
> they get plenty of care at the new site.  Here in the frozen north of 
> Minnesota we dig things till about a month before the soil is solid -
> about 
> mid October, to allow some time for the roots to take before the plant
> goes 
> dormant. Best of luck,
> lisa in Mpls.
> 
> 
> 
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