This beautiful bush is familiar to all gardeners, yesand not only them. About lilacs they write poems and songs, because the beauty and romanticism 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
Homeland and history of origin of this genus beforestill remain 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 the later periods 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 lilactime is the beginning of autumn; trees planted in the spring, much worse take root. Biological features of the bush make the lilac quite early in the state of rest. Therefore, the lilac, if planted in the summer, will also get along perfectly well, only it is necessary to save the earthen lump.
Choose a place protected from the wind, wellilluminated by the rays of the sun before noon at least. In the shade the adult plant blooms poorly, and the young bush lags behind in growth. Flooded low areas in spring are unsuitable for planting. Groundwater should not lie above 1.5 meters.
If you decide to breed a lilac, when planted andon what soil, you need to know in advance. In a poor ground, a sandy and clogged pit, a large, at least 100 x 100 x 100 cm, is digged. On the fertile soil, a well that is sufficiently reduced in half.
Add 15 kg of humus to the middle hole, fit andcompost land, kilogram of bone meal, about 300 g of ash wood. All mix well. The soil is ready. Now you have to wait until the lilac settles. 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.
