The favorite bush is lilac. When to plant, how to care?

This beautiful bush is familiar to all gardeners, and not only them. About lilacs they write poems and songs, because the beauty and romance of the bush perfectly combines with lyricism and love. This plant pleases the person with its flowering and fragrant smell from the beginning of summer. The most important thing is that the lilac is beautiful and decorative. When to plant it - depends on the climatic zone. It is remarkable if the flowering of one variety is replaced by the blossoming of another. There are up to 30 species of shrubbery, and they are spread from Southern Europe to Northeast Asia, the Himalayas, Japan. And the middle band can boast of several species with different periods of flowering.

Persian lilac

The homeland and the history of origin of this genus are still a mystery. Some breeders are of the opinion that this species is a hybrid, but certainly not known. It has been growing for a long time in Afghanistan and Iran. This is a spreading bush, which has thin arc-shaped branches. The height can reach three meters. Its differences from ordinary lilacs are in later terms of flowering, friable paniculate inflorescence, unusual odor, lanceolate-pointed leaves. There is a white and red lilac. When planted - depends on the climatic zone of your region. However, the shrub is not hardy. It grows quite well to Moscow, to the north it already requires additional warming. Well tolerates drought, not afraid of haircuts and transplants. Used in landscape design for decoration and gardening of southern Russia and in southern countries.

Favorite lilac. When to plant?

To plant any kind of lilac, the best time is the beginning of autumn; Trees planted in the spring, much worse take root. Biological features of the shrub cause the lilacs to retire quite early. Therefore, the lilac, if planted in the summer, will also get along perfectly well, but you need to save the earth clod.

Choose a place sheltered from the wind, well lit by the rays of the sun until noon at least. In the shade the adult plant blooms badly, and the young bush lags behind in growth. Flooded low areas in the spring are unsuitable for planting. Groundwater should not be more than 1.5 meters.

If you decide to plant a lilac, when planting and on what soil, you need to know in advance. In a poor soil, a sandy and clogged pit, a large, at least 100 x 100 x 100 cm, is digged. On a fertile soil, a well that is sufficiently reduced by half.

Add 15 kg of humus to the middle hole, compost soil, a kilogram of bone meal, and about 300 g of ashes are suitable. All mix well. The soil is ready. Now you should wait until the lilac will settle down. When to plant shrubs? It is best to do this in the evening or in cloudy weather, so that the scorching sun does not harm the weakened plant. The annual shoot is shortened to three buds, the bad roots are cut off. The sapling is planted on a hill of land inside the pit and covered with fertile soil. Now you need to water abundantly and cover up the humus or foliage by five centimeters. For planting, it is best to buy lilac in specialized stores or nurseries. The bush will be healthy, which will help to plant well and start to blossom quickly.