A Celebration of Lilacs 😍💜 | 88

The month of May and lilacs seem to go hand in hand, so we're devoting this episode to everything that makes them special.
Show notes | Episode 88 | 5-11-2024
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[@judywyse7088]

Lilacs are amazing here in Mackinac county (MI) in June, as the day are warm and the nights are very cool as lakes Michigan and Huron are still cold. Lilac festival on the Island is always a delight. Thanks for the great program. Keep up the good work !!

[@pwcolorchoice]

Yes! The lilacs in Mackinac are stunning 😍 Thanks so much for watching ☺

[@kp-gbuniqueinterest]

I have both Bloomarang Lilacs and can't wait to get the third new one. I'm a big PW fanboy-like a kid in the candy store. A lot of the garden centers want me to try the non-branded ones, too, but nothing compares to PW plants. They always look healthy, and the colors are so strong that they make you think, are these even real plants. .

[@pwcolorchoice]

So glad to hear you like our plants! You should definitely add a Bloomerang Purpink to your collection - it's such a beautiful, strong blooming lilac! ☺

[@gardenfunwithpaulie]

Great show 🌷🙏🏻

[@pwcolorchoice]

Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoy our show 🥰

[@carolrose4784]

I so remember my grandmothers lilac and will anxiously await the new lilac introduction!

[@pwcolorchoice]

🤗🤗🤗

[@c.mcafeeart1247]

Hello! I love the show! Would you ever consider doing a segment or whole episode on how to overwinter shrubs and perennials in their nursery containers? (I’m zone 5b). Since Rick worked at a garden center, I thought he would have some tips for other individuals in the garden center workforce that hope to have a better survival rate this next spring!

[@rickvuyst]

Yes great idea!

[@Yvonne_ennovY]

I know this episode is 4 weeks old, but I watch it after each new episode because i love it - and lilacs - that much. Great job to all involved in the production! Very interesting and 💜 And for the record, being from northeast PA, i say LYE-lack. 😁💮💜

[@pwcolorchoice]

Aww, that's so sweet! What a great plant to love, the beautiful flowers and fragrance is really hard to beat! 😍☺❤

[@jessicajunginger1449]

As someone who's lived in the south pretty much their whole life...I had no idea lilacs and moms went together for so many people! Moms are tulips and roses for us -- or at least for me. It's always been lie-lack for us! Lai-lauk is so weird to me, lol. Speaking of...this year, I got my mom a rose from the local nursery. I learned she's been wanting to grow roses for years (hard when you have little kids!). Earlier this year we got a climbing hybrid tea rose for the balcony, but she's been so disappointed it hasn't bloomed yet. I asked her if she had another rose in mind, and she said yes, but it was a little expensive for her, so of course I offered to buy it for her. We met up at the nursery before my work one day, she pointed out the exact one she fell in love with (gorgeous pink/peach watercolor blooms with an absolutely heavenly fragrance), and I rolled it up to the counter, bought it, and handed her the receipt with a "Happy Early Mother's Day!" She cried and hugged me several times...made slogging through weeks of retail for the paycheck worth it!!!!! Love you, mom! Mom absolutely adores the rose and it's on the balcony now, happily producing a ton of flowers...it'll need to be put in the ground eventually, but for now it's up here. I also saw something called "Texas Lilac" at my garden center a few weeks ago...some other species.

[@pwcolorchoice]

Oh my gosh, that was so sweet of you to get her that rose! I have no doubt she is loving it and will be able to for years to come 🥰 Look at you go!! 🤗

[@PracticalGardener]

I live in Yucaipa, California up against the foothills we are done 8b and i get lilac blooms every year. My towns has a large population of Lilacs Its such a good smell

[@pwcolorchoice]

😍 That's fantastic! The fragrance is so enjoyable ☺

[@TimeTravelReads]

Thank you for showing us the purpink. I think I will show the idea to my mom. She probably has room for two of them by the front fence.

[@pwcolorchoice]

Yay! That's so exciting - it is a lovely lilac ☺

[@MariMari-vq8hl]

Sign me up for lilac-flavored bacon lol - Also, cool to know you can mix it with sugar for your tea! I definitely grew up with lilac bushes that were planted around the corner of our rented home. It smelled so wonderful and I loved the purple color as a little girl. I definitely didn't realize there were so many varieties. I'll be moving, possibly, to zone 9 and am on a hunt for one that can grow there- be it in a container or ground. I just planted a couple of lilac bushes I'll be keeping small flanking my driveway here in zone 6a- formerly zone 5b :D

[@pwcolorchoice]

Lilacs are awesome! I love it when you can enjoy a plant indoors and outdoors or use it for culinary purposes. The fragrance is so lovely! 😄🥰

[@TrixieJFerguson]

I’m in Texas where we can’t even grow Lilac, but all I’ve ever heard folks say around here is LiLack. 😅🤷🏽‍♀️

[@pwcolorchoice]

😂😂😂

[@wendywelsh2737]

Great show! I have a bloomerang dark purple. Beautiful lilac. I give it bonemeal early spring and it is in full bloom. I grew up in south TX and did not know that bloomerang did not smell the same as French Lilac. I smelled mine and wondered what all the hype was about LOL. By the way I have been happily shopping. Picked up an additional Little Henry Itea, a Gatsy Gal and a Sonic Bloom. I love my PW shrubs. I have Kodiak Orange, Lil Kim Rose of Sharon, Summer Wine and Tiny Wine too. All great performers. I want to try Sweet and Low sweet box and can not find it. Happy May shopping and planting!

[@pwcolorchoice]

😍😍 Your garden sounds amazing! 🤗☀

[@ellenbentley4663]

A local cidery in Tieton, WA flavors an apple cider with lilac for their spring release.

[@pwcolorchoice]

That sounds delicious! Have you tried it before?

[@ellenbentley4663]

@@pwcolorchoice The lilac is too overwhelming and is replaced by local lavender

[@heatherderganc5984]

Lettuce Romaine friends! 😄 A-Nother great show! (Wish we could properly grow Lilacs and Peonies here in Texas!) Hey Stacey, in the 60s there were botanical single flower oil scents. I can’t remember the brand or name and really wish they still made them. My favorite was Hyacinth! You mentioned single flower perfumes which I would prefer over all the blended perfumes these days. Can you give me information for the ones you mentioned? Happy Mother’s Day! 💐

[@pwcolorchoice]

Yes! I mentioned Soliflore perfumes, fragrances based on a single flower. I love the ones from Dame Perfumery: dameperfumery.com/collections/soliflore-perfume-collection. ☺

[@ellenbentley4663]

On my property lines acquired a wild double white variety lilac

[@pwcolorchoice]

😍😍😍

[@GardenDoodles]

We have three Bloomerang lilacs and they bloomed really early this year. They’re almost done blooming! Last few years they’ve always bloomed at the end of May so it was a bit strange. Anyway, if you want to see tons of lilac varieties and you’re in Illinois, now is the time to visit Lilacia Park in Lombard, IL.

[@pwcolorchoice]

I have been hearing about some Bloomerangs flowering early this year due to warmer spring temps! Ooo that sounds lovely - thanks for sharing ☺🤗

[@ScaredOfPlasticBags]

From central Ohio... I say li-LACK. My well established lilac bush is underneath a 15 foot high Japanese maple. So it doesn't produce many flowers. It also creates shadow over bearded irises planted nearby so those end up not flowering. Thinking about digging it up and moving to a better sunny spot. Any advice? It's about 5 feet tall and wide and easily over 20 years old.

[@pwcolorchoice]

Ideally, you'd want to move them when they are dormant - so this fall or next early spring. That said, it is possible to move them during growth, and it would be better to do that as soon as possible so it has some time to settle in before it gets too hot. I would not prune unless you need to, and would wait until next early spring to start fertilizing. ☺

[@elainelight9286]

Li-Lak! Rick, I thought you were kidding until I heard Stacey say, “Li-Luk”. What???

[@RealBradMiller]

Lol, tomato, potahto! My neighbor pronounces peonies, as pineys, and lichen, and lick-in. 😂 Hey, if you are understood, all good!

[@elainelight9286]

@@RealBradMiller 😂

[@elainelight9286]

@@RealBradMiller PS - So who is the fake Brad Miller? 😎

[@pwcolorchoice]

😂😂😂

[@peggyriordan9857]

I have 3 lilac bushes in the front yard. They were supposed to be dwarf, no more than 4' tall and 3' wide...Well, they are now about 7' at least and have turned into a hedge. They are beautiful so I just kept them that way. They are in full bloom now and stunning. I didn't realize that I could prune them so heavily and I think I will do that shortly after all of the blooms are gone. I would like them to be a little shorter. I do have a question...I have three rose bushes (PW) that have been gorgeous for many years and this year none of them have even one new leaf on them. I have no idea what happened. Any ideas? They are landscape rose bushes that rebloom and don't need deadheading. Thanks!

[@pwcolorchoice]

That is quite a bit larger! But yes, you can prune them to help maintain a smaller size and like you mentioned, after they're finished blooming would be a good time to do so ☺ To make sure we're providing you with the best answer about your roses, could you send us in a picture of them and a description of the area they're planted in? You can send that to us here, www.provenwinners.com/feedback

[@sherrismith3835]

Just wondering if you need to deadhead all the blooms on the reblooming lilac in order to get it to re-bloom?

[@pwcolorchoice]

Great question! You can give it an all-over light prune after the spring bloom. This will help shape the plant and encourage a more abundant rebloom, although it will be delayed a bit. The summer flowers are produced on new growth. ☺

[@lindamiller394]

I cut down an old huge quince and now it is suckerkering all over the place. I really don’t like to spray these suckers but I may need to. I live in southern Indiana which was 6 b. Any suggestions? I don’t want to hurt the umbrella pine and holly plants near these suckers.

[@pwcolorchoice]

You can try digging them out but if you want to use an herbicide, the best thing to do is not spray them but cut the stems and then immediately dab the cut surface with undiluted herbicide. A foam paintbrush works really well for this.

[@lindamiller394]

Thanks.

[@gray_f]

I have 2 lil Kim lilacs on their second year, one bloomed the other did not, if I scratch the branches they are green but so far there is no leaves or blooms😢 nc zone 7

[@pwcolorchoice]

Good job doing the scratch test! 😄That does indicate that the plant is still alive - are there noticeable differences in light or growing conditions within the two spots where you have the lilacs planted?

[@gray_f]

@pwcolorchoice They are both facing the sun the same way, 30 ft apart, get watered the same, it has only one branch blooms and leaves. All other branches are bare. Hopefully it's having an off year🤞 😬 I'd hate to pull it💔

[@pwcolorchoice]

@@gray_f Hmm yeah that is odd! If you want to send us a photo to look at and see if we can figure out what's going on, you can do so here, www.provenwinners.com/feedback 🙂

[@gray_f]

@@pwcolorchoice thanks! Will do!

[@Mike_Genisys]

Yeah FL is no go for lilac 😞

[@pwcolorchoice]

Ahh yes, they do not do well with the hot and humid weather down there

[@verawallace9055]

My white lilac isn't blooming Am thinking of moving it to a different spot, but the purple one is doing great, don't even know what kinds they are i bought them from a catalog couple years ago

[@MariMari-vq8hl]

I recently purchased the white Madame Lemoine White Lilac which I'm going to limb up as a tree (it grows tall) in full sun. What zone are you in? I'm in now zone 6a. I didn't even realize there were white ones!

[@verawallace9055]

@@MariMari-vq8hl Am in 7b I was trying to get some white to go with the other colours I had, year before last I replanted it with some plantone, it did flower but after that none, am thinking it's the soil, but I have a dahlia below that bloom profusely last year so I don't know

[@RealBradMiller]

Cut it back just a bit, move it, and give it some good organic fertilizer, and get it established. I used to be afraid to move plants, but I have seen them go gangbusters once they get in the right spot. Best of luck, Vera! I also have a lilac on the struggle bus, but she's far too old to move around, I can barely shake a branch without her fussing. 😂😮‍💨😬

[@verawallace9055]

@@RealBradMiller Thanks I will take your advice and do it as soon as possible, Springtime is my favorite time to move plants, always be thinking what next to move lol

[@pwcolorchoice]

Ideally, you'd want to move them when they are dormant - so this fall or next early spring. That said, it is possible to move them during growth, and it would be better to do that as soon as possible so it has some time to settle in before it gets too hot. I would not prune unless you need to, and would wait until next early spring to start fertilizing. ☺☀