Starting to grow my own lilacs at my new house, I'm starting to realize the lilac "trees" at my parents must be ancient. 7 inch trunks on them, looks almost like flaky cedar bark

That's one thing I really appreciate about going to the local grocery store/garden center. They usually sell plants most popular in the area you live and that do best, so you don't have to do exhausting research about suitability for the particular area you live in before you buy as you would have to if shopping online.

Very informative video. Thank you!

I love the color and aroma.

😻lilacs are all my favorites too 🥰

Georgeous flowers! 👍💚

very nice, i love Lilacs and the background is the mountain ( 3:34 minute) in your video

Soooooooooo beautiful 🤩👌🏻♥️

Thank you so much. I just bought a Persian Lilac from Lowes and was wondering exactly where to plant it. Your tip about not hedging it in was very helpful. I was about to put it on the edge of a garden near a bush but now I’m going to put it out in the open to where it can make a bit of a beatific privacy fence between my neighbor and I.

Great video. Yours look like something out of a magazine, they are soooo glorious . Mine are 3 years in the fround, bought them from a very good reputable nursery. Sadly, every year they come up to the blossom stage and then we get a freeze (end of May). So, I have lost the blooms thus far. But this year I decided to cover them every night when temps drop to the freezing point. Thus far they are OK! I see a lot of suckers around the base. looking healthy actually. That is why I checked online to find out if the suckers were good or bad. WEW!!! Glad I did not cut them off!!! Hopefully this year I will succeed and the blooms will stay alive. PS I live in Northern AZ. 6700 elevation. short growing season, but hot and dry summers.

Lol, I have a dwarf lilac bush in my garden ('Miss Kim') and I didn't know about pruning right after the spring blooms are gone. I pruned it in the fall and only had one single bloom the following spring! That year I left it alone, and the following spring it had dozens of gorgeous blooms. It was absolutely beautiful!

I love this video soooooo much, It's so real, not from a nice, fancy, fake magine.

Lovely. You can get lilac hedges now.

Very cool!!

This is a great video! I've always loved lilac, and this year I'm finally going to plant one. Maybe two. I hope I do half as well as you have. Thank you for sharing your experience.

I'm growing these along my driveway for a natural privacy fence

I am indigenous Montagnard Jarai love you lilacs so beautiful

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They need to be pruned to make them have more flowers next spring

Sensation is the most beautiful lolac of all time

Hello from Romania and thank you for sharing with us how to care for lilacs. I have learned a lot from your video. I have bought a Beauty of Moscow about one foot tall this spring and attempted to plant it in my garden. It has struggled a lot so I moved it to a pot in a more sunny place. I has not grown almost at all, and the summer was verry hot and dry. To top it off it rained with big hail one night and the hail shredded the few struggling leaves. But it is still alive! Now that fall is aproaching and temperatures are dropping a bit I see a couple of buds at the bottom of it. What can I do to help it? By the way I am in a 7b zone.

So pretty. I bought the PW boomerang dark purple lilac this year...but I"m in zone 9b. Oh no! It wasn't in bloom when I purchased it this late spring. It never flowered all spring and summer. It looks very healthy but from what you said it is too warm here, I was hoping next year it would give me something. THoughts?

Your lilac trees are beautiful! Thank you for the informative video. We just planted ours yesterday and it’s a small plant purchased from Home Depot. I want to put some fertilizer since it’s new in the ground, do you know which one I could use?

Descanso Gardens in LA county has a huge lilac garden, and lilacs they bred to growing specifically in our climate

Very helpful video, your lilacs are glorious! I have 2 Scentara Double Blue lilacs I got as starter plants 2 years ago. I temporarily put them together in a large pot the first year because they were so little. Last October I separated them into their own huge planters (I'n in Brooklyn, zone 7B). They've thrived and grown incredibly. and I thought I saw flower buds in January, but sadly not a single bloom! They get full Southern exposure. Is it because they were transplanted last October?

I’m in North Dakota and i love the blooming of these in June, is it normal for them to only do it for like a month? Ive noticed that’s what they do? Also how fast do they grow? I moved into a new house and i want to grow them so bad around like yours pretty much. We’ve got trees that will be our fence in like 5-10 years. So maybe I can get a little jump on it with lilacs 😍🥰

Fantastic video thank you. Would I take the branch out to the soil or cut higher up please

Absolutely stunning. I live in Virginia. My lilac bloomed just few blooms in April and now no more . I see in others gardens they r still in full bloom. What should I do? How do I identify suckers?

Very helpful! If we’ve done everything wrong so far, what’s the best way to save my two remaining bushes? Thanks!

hello from canada

Hello great video! We have a lilac that is coming back after it was cut down several years ago, it's about a foot tall or so, i was wondering It's close to a walk way i was thinking about digging it out and putting it into a large pot OR barrel? what are your thoughts? Will it grow in either of those?

I'm trying to grow two lilacs in Anaheim, California... One in a pot and one in the ground. The one in the ground is taller but barely holding on. The one in the pot is leafing out but also has a ton of suckers. I'm curious if it's the medium that's the difference, or if it's the fact that the potted one was shipped from a nursery, while the other was from Lowes.

I planted 5 Miss Kim lilacs in my open yard last May. They are in full open sun, zone 6. They were the typical size from the nursery, a little less than knee height and I watered them weekly and during dry spells but the leaves all curled up and looked brown with spots by the time the heat of summer arrived. I'm not sure if they're going to grow well or what caused that. Too much water, not enough? Scorch? I gave them 2-3 gallons of water each in the mornings. I also want them to grow fairly quickly but not sure if lilacs were the right choice. My yard constantly has deer so it's been difficult to find the right choices.

Hello, I have a quart sized lilac from Mackinac Island in Michigan. When should I put it in the ground?

I planted my first lilac this past summer, and it is now 3 ft. tall. Will it grow to reach the height of my 6 ft. fence this next summer? Mine is the dark leaf, pale pink variety. Please and thank you!

I bought a sensational lilac a couple months ago and planted it in the front yard about five feet away from my west facing house so it doesn't see direct sunlight until just afternoon or maybe one o'clock. But it's only about three feet tall max so still very small and young. It's not suffering for water, but despite new growth, the leaves all look sad, green but sad and droopy. Then it only gets about four or five hours of direct sunlight before the sun sets behind huge bluff in front of me to the west (I live just below HAFB to the west). I'm trying to find a suitable permanent location somewhere to transplant it where it can get more direct sunlight, but can you advise me more about whether it will be ok where I currently have it? Is your house west facing, too? That last one you showed by the gate seems like it only gets afternoon sun and it's huge! But maybe that gate is to the northwest? I really want to keep my lilac where it is, so I guess I want to know based on your experience whether it will be fine in the morning shade. Or is moving an absolute must? Thanks!

I need help I always wanted a wall on the side off my property, I would want it thick, so it acts like a wall . I have a space about 40 ' long how close do I want to plant them, should I put like 2 rows?? Thanks for your help

Can you root some clippings from the big branch you'll prune?????

I don’t know type I have in zone 7b. It’s over 20 yrs old. I’m confused, I thought the suckers should be cutoff due to spindly branches & healthy thick trucks are encouraged.

Nice lilacs. Is the last purple one syringa vulgaris Charles Joly?

Dark purple is most likely Monge variety

Why are my lilacs not very big? I planted them about 3 summers ago and they are not much larger than when I planted them. They have full sun, cold winters (Colorado) and water 2-3 times a week in summer (not much rain here; much less watering in winter). Any suggestions are appreciated.

Do you only prune the flowers after spent and not the stems?

How do I properly dry Lilacs, in order to preserve them for perfumes?

What zone are the lilacs you showed in this vid?

I am at a loss because I have some kind of insect destroying my beloved Lilac tree 😕. It’s appears to be some kind of boring insect.. Please if you have any advice to control these pests I would really appreciate it!

I have some of the lilac flowers are turning brown,do i prune them

My leaves are turning brown. This is my first lilac I've ever had. I really want it to live. Please tell me it's not to late. That it's dying.

Do lilac help for flies?

How much sun does it get?

I think the dark one is a Charles Joly?

Which zone are you located?

My wife reminded me they will smell like CAT pee if you have to many trees of them,it's a very strong smell

If you water them with epson salt they will bloom twice! Try it

Oh what a shame to prune off the old branches that took decades to grow. You prune weak growth and prune back to a strong bud