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Wed, May 23, 12 at 12:18
| I noticed that our Lilac bush is growing great, just one problem, no blossoms. The rest of the neighborhood (upstate Central NY) is the same way. I did notice some dried up brown, what used to be blossoms. I'm assuming that our hot March, then our freezing April did a number on them. Any one else notice this? Thanks. Ed. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, May 23, 12 at 13:17
| same here .. they all bolted in the 80's in march.. whats that all about in MI .... and then repeated hard FREEZES.. zapped them ... ken |
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| Yup, mine were unscathed in the most protected locations, to completely ruined in the open spots. My 'Miss Kim', which is next to a Cornus kousa, was completely ruined, as was most of the kousa. Would have been a gorgeous display had we not gotten down to 26 in late April. I have a 'Donald Wyman' right up next to the house, and fortunately it was protected by the microclimate, and is now in full bloom with its delicious fragrance. I think that 'Miss Kim' may rebloom a bit later, it has a tendency to do that, and having lost the original blooms may do so more. I also just bought and planted a "Bloomerang" to see how it performs. |
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| Yup, here in Ontario as well. In all my 48 years I've never seen that before. Kind of weird - the lilacs not my age |
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| Actually, this was the first year I have had lilacs. We had the same warm Feb. and March, but did not experience the subsequent frosts--which sounds like the reason they failed for many. |
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