How to Transplant Lilacs

Article by: LeAnn R. Ralph

Lilacs are exceptionally easy to transplant. I have transplanted many lilac bushes from the original bushes that my grandmother planted on our Wisconsin dairy farm , How to Grow Healthy Food 70 years ago. Early spring , After the best sourced opinion relating to flower pots. until late spring, , Selling Your Home - A FSBO's Guide to Keeping It Safe from when the lilacs develop buds , Security gives you that peace of mind until they actually have small leaves, is the best time to transplant. If you have lilacs growing , Heirloom Decorating in your yard , A Garden To Attract Hummingbirds -- or if you have a friend who has lilacs -- and you would like to start some new lilac bushes, here's how:

1. Decide where you want to transplant the lilac bush or bushes.

2. Dig a hole that's about one foot deep by one foot across for each bush you want to transplant.

3. Dig up a lilac shoot from somewhere around the main bush. Lilacs spread by runners. Use a shovel to dig up the shoot because you are going to have to cut off the runner, and a trowel will not be tough enough to do the job. Choose a shoot that is approximately 8 to 14 inches high. Smaller shoots that are only a few inches high will take a very long time to mature to the point where they will have flowers. , The Easiest Way to Decorate your Kitchen Larger shoots seem to take a longer time to recover from being transplanted before they start to grow , Summer Gardening Tips well. Do not worry about how much root , Part I: Different Types of Home Foundations and When to Use you are getting with the shoot. You will not be able to take all of the root , How to Grow Flowering Dogwood Trees from Seed since the roots , How to Grow Flowering Dogwood Trees from Seed are all connected.

4. Put the shoot in a bucket of water , How To Prevent Clogged Gutters if you are not going to transplant it immediately so that it will not dry out. If you are going to transplant it immediately, carry it to the hole you have dug and set it in the hole.

5. Center the shoot in the hole and fill in with dirt. Leave a three or four inch depression around the shoot so you will have a reservoir for water. , Colorful And Popular Hybrid Tea Roses

6. Water , How to Grow Healthy Food your new lilac bush with a couple of gallons of water. , Home Safety for Your Children Continue watering the bush several times a week for the rest of the season , Tiffany table lamps - It's all about the lampshade! to ensure that it has a good start. From what I have observed, lilacs seem to be quite drought , Summer Gardening Tips resistant, although like any plant, , Next Day Flower Delivery tree , Summer Gardening Tips or bush, they will grow , Greenhouse Buying Guide - Basics Of Choosing A Greenhouse more if they have plenty of water. , Fuming Over The High Cost Of Electricity? Switch To Oilheat In subsequent years, water , The Beautiful Garden your new lilac bush from time to time, especially if rain is in short supply.

Note: I have noticed that it takes 4 or 5 years for the new bushes to grow , Flower Delivery in Chicago enough to start producing flowers, , Emerald Green Arborvitae for Solebury Pa. although bushes that I transplanted from small shoots only a few inches high are taking longer than that.

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About the Author

LeAnn R. Ralph is the author of the books "Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm" (trade paperback 2003); "Give Me a Home , Go Easier on Yourself this Fall Where the Dairy Cows Roam" (trade paperback 2004); "Preserve Your Family History" (e-book 2004). Sign up for the free monthly newsletter, Rural Route 2 News -- http://ruralroute2.com

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