Dwarf Korean Lilac

Article by: Alan Summers

When you choose a lilac you are planting a shrub , The Old Faithful - Case Tractors that is part of our American heritage - some have even called the lilac the "apple pie of shrubs. , Understanding Integrated Pest Management " Thomas Jefferson planted lilacs at Monticello and lilacs greeted guests as they entered George Washington's flower garden , The Old Faithful - Case Tractors at Mount Vernon. Poet Walt Whitman's elegy to Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" evokes an image of a lilac bush that may be familiar to many:

In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, , Tulip Bulbs - Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love, With every leaf a miracle - and from this bush in the dooryard, With delicate-color'd blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green, , Controlling House Plant Pests A sprig with its flower , Give a Bird a Home; Leave a Legacy I break.

French and Dutch colonist first introduced lilacs to the United States, carrying them during their long journeys across the Atlantic Ocean. Lilacs soon found themselves all over North America, arriving by saddlebags and coach. Today there are over 2,000 named varieties of lilacs thanks to many industrious and passionate breeders all over the world. Our feature plant , The Old Faithful - Case Tractors this week is the Dwarf Korean Lilac - the most useful of all the lilacs, and Alan's favorite of all the shrubs , Create and Furnish Your Outdoor Room we grow. , Basics of Landscaping It is easy to grow , Tillers - How to Find the Right Tiller for the Job and maintain, making a beautiful , Chives - Allium Schoenoprasum and welcome addition to your garden. , Asian Lily Beetles - A New Threat

The Dwarf Korean Lilac (Syringa meyeri Pablibin) The Dwarf Korean Lilacs' parent, the Syringa meyeri, is named after Frank Meyer who discovered it in a garden , Understanding Integrated Pest Management in Beijing, China in 1909 and sent cuttings home , The Basics of Plant Growth; (Part 2) Plant Energy to the United States. Many lilacs are offspring of the Syringa meyeri, but the palabin Dwarf Korean Lilac is the smallest and most delightful. The clean, dark green , Furniture Benches Are Perfect For Every Outdoor Space foliage provides the perfect backdrop for the exquisite powerfully fragrant, lavender pink , Online Flower Shops florets that will cover the dense bush from head to toe. Expect it to bloom in May-June, with lighter rebloom in later summer , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower and fall, , Flower Meanings extending the season , Mow A Better Lawn, The Easy Way and allowing you to enjoy its beauty and fragrance twice during the year. Foliage turns bright yellow in autumn. , A Smoke Bush Unlike Any Other

Unlike other common lilacs, the Dwarf Korean Lilac blooms profusely at an early age and is not susceptible to powdery mildew. Expect it to grow , Tulip Bulbs - Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden four to five feet high and wide, the perfect size for a perennial , How to Kill Poinsettia border, foundation planting or shrub , A Waste of Packaged Gold border foreground. No matter where the Dwarf Korean Lilac is planted in your garden, , Let Life and Energy Flow from the it is sure to be a standout year after year.

Planting and Care

The Dwarf Korean Lilac is one tough plant, , Tulip Bulbs - Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden a real survivor. Over ten years ago we planted some in wooden , The Basics of Plant Growth; (Part 2) Plant Energy planter boxes that were fabricated over a black top parking lot in full sun. , High Intensity Discharge Grow Light (Generic) These planter boxes never get any supplemental water, , Chives - Allium Schoenoprasum only what mother nature , Basics of Landscaping provides. Every year the lilacs bloom profusely, hold their leaves all summer , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower without browning, rebloom in the fall , Understanding Integrated Pest Management and never suffer any winter , Controlling House Plant Pests die back. After the drought , Natural Garden Pest Control of 2002, I expected the lilacs to be totally dead. When I drove by in the spring , Controlling House Plant Pests of 2003 they were in full bloom, just as they have been every year.

For best results, plant , Color in the Garden in early spring. , Natural Garden Pest Control

Lilacs require at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day.

Plant in good, well-drained soil. , Greenhouse Buying Guide - Choosing The Right Greenhouse

Water regularly until established and during the summer. , Basics of Landscaping

Prune old blooms away immediately after flowering , The Basics of Plant Growth; (Part 2) Plant Energy to encourage more blossoms.

Fertilize with Bulb-Tone at planting and again in the spring. , Tillers - How to Find the Right Tiller for the Job

Click here to view the Dwarf Korean Lilac on the Carroll Gardens , The Beckons website.

Alan Summers, , Fountains of Refreshment president of Carroll Gardens, , Furniture Benches Are Perfect For Every Outdoor Space Inc., has over 30 years experience in gardening , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower and landscape , Backyard Landscaping design. He has made Carroll Gardens , Create and Furnish Your Outdoor Room one of America's preeminent nurseries, having introduced more than 20 new perennials , Design The Desert Landscape Of Your Dreams and woody shrubs , The Garden Beckons over the years and reintroduced numerous "lost"Â cultivars back to American gardeners.

Carroll Gardens , Give a Bird a Home; Leave a Legacy publishes a weekly online , The Old Faithful - Case Tractors newsletter written by Alan. It contains valuable gardening , A Smoke Bush Unlike Any Other advice and tips , How to Create a Wildflower Garden and answers to customer questions.

Every Saturday, Alan hosts a call-in gardening , Selecting the Right Roses for Your Garden forum on WCBM radio - 680 AM. For those outside , Give a Bird a Home; Leave a Legacy of the WCBM listening area, they can listen to radio show via the internet. , Greenhouse Buying Guide - Choosing The Right Greenhouse

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