Plant Profile: five unusual lilacs!

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This week on The Horti-Culturalists, spring is springing and we're taking a look at a classic bloom out at this time; lilac! But Stephen has some very firm ideas about just what he's prepared to offer space to in his garden so we'll be looking at some interesting species Syringa and some of the earlier hybrids, all of which have better form than the more common hybrids, have better foliage and in some cases good Autumn colour, and all take up less space! And many thanks to Cathy Newing for letting us wander about her fabulous garden - and offering Stephen a cutting of the mauve form of Syringa × persica!
The plants we cover in this video are:
Syringa × persica - The Persian lilac
Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' - Dwarf Korean lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim'
Syringa × chinensis - the Rouen Lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Primrose'
Syringa afghanica - The Cut Leaf Lilac
And if you are interesting in finding out more about The Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria you can here: www.rhsv.org.au/

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11 сен 2024

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@timv.885 11 месяцев назад

Recollections of my youth during springtime in Chicago walking the alleyways to and from school, seemed like every Chicagoland backyard had a lilac in the ‘70s. I swear I can smell them thru my phone. Thanx for the memories

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

A pleasure. Regards Stephen

@jenjoy4353 11 месяцев назад

I have a Syringa Meyeri Palibin in my front yard. Thank you for helping me identify this plant. I’m in Wisconsin and there are a lot of Lilacs grown here but this one is different. It’s quite old and has grown into a huge bush providing screening between the street and my garden gate. It’s perfume in spring is amazing.

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Glad I could help! Regards Stephen

@orchidgarden3124 11 месяцев назад

Love that while it’s turning dark and cold here in Michigan in the US, it’s spring there! I’ll have to live vicariously through you all for now 😁

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

You are welcome to vicariously live through us! Regards Stephen

@יעקברוזנטל-צ6ר Месяц назад

The yellow Lilac is stunnin😃g

@thehorti-culturalists Месяц назад

A colour break in any group of plants is what breeders are after as these novelties always catch the attention. Regards Stephen

@raymondlawrence6363 10 месяцев назад

I planted a Rouen Lilac a few months ago and it’s just a small plant but I am now so excited to see it grow into maturity. What a fantastic video!

@thehorti-culturalists 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the lovely comments and may your lilac flourish. Regards Stephen

@user-ny5nz2yl9j 10 месяцев назад

Here in the PNW we have some Preston Hybrid Lilacs. They have larger leaves and bloom later in the spring. I believe the one we are growing is called Syringa 'Minuet'.

@thehorti-culturalists 10 месяцев назад

Don't think we have these here in Australia so I must take a look. Regards Stephen

@mellfraze8112 11 месяцев назад

I really appreciate this dive into species lilacs. I don't like the strong fragrance of the commonly available hybrids so I've never grown them & even tore out the one that was in the garden when we bought our house. I think I might try one of these species varieties as I do love the look of lilacs & would love to have a lilac if I can have one without an overpowering fragrance. Saving this to refer back to next spring as I'm in northern California zone 9b with a Mediterranean climate but lilacs seem to do well here despite the very mild winter.

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Good idea, species have a much more subtle fragrance as a rule. Regards Stephen

@joanne-et6pm 11 месяцев назад

Thanks Stephen & Matt for another great video so interesting ur knowledge on plants Stephen is incredible Thanks again guys Jo-Anne

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

@Kylie4Queen 11 месяцев назад

Stephen, you look so dapper!

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

I never thought I’d become a fashion statement! Regards Stephen

@Eva_noir. 11 месяцев назад

Can't wait to see my lilac blooming next spring😭 I'm in my mood cause dark snowy winter is coming💀

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Hang in there, spring isn't too far away. Regards Stephen

@heatherrachel8418 11 месяцев назад

Love your jacket Stephen!

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Why thank you kind lady! Regards Stephen

@kathybradley7818 5 месяцев назад

Hi Stephen, I have a lilac that was sold as mauve flowering Syringa x persica (I adore the white that you have!). However, looking at yours and Kathy's lovely specimens I am doubting the accuracy as it is much more upright and doesn't have that beautiful delicacy. I think the leaves are right but the leaf cutter bees have a particular preference for it so I don't get to see it in full leaf lol ! :) I would love to strike some but have not had any luck and online searching suggests that it is hard to strike. I am hoping that by "swap" you mean take cuttings from Kathy's? When you do, I would very much love if you shared your striking journey! Maybe I can pick up some lilac-specific hot tips! :) xxKathy

@thehorti-culturalists 5 месяцев назад

Easiest from suckers which is how I will get Cathy’s and give her mine. Cuttings need a mist spray system and bottom heat and taking the cuttings very soft. What you have is likely to be Syringa chinensis the Rouen Lilac. Regards Stephen

@kingofgogas 4 месяца назад

cheerio

@jeanneclark99 11 месяцев назад

I'm sorry I live in oh-so-humid Indiana in the US. I would love to grow some of these!

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

My sympathy is with you! Regards Stephen

@matteosollecito2448 4 месяца назад

The white Japanese tree lilacs are becoming common as a street tree in the New York area. People are not taking care of them well on the planting strips though and many don’t look very well.

@thehorti-culturalists 4 месяца назад

No point in planting and not caring for any plant in a public space. I do worry about our lack of forethought. Regards Stephen

@johnhenderson6352 11 месяцев назад

❤from Pottsville

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@jipowap 5 месяцев назад

My kingdom for the 'why' of Primrose being Yellow. It does not seem to be genetic, as the multitude of cultivars derived from it are without the tint. Perhaps it is like Sensation, an odd chimera with its yellow component never coming to seed. I'd love to see the color wheel completed with a nice _orange_ Lilac. Let it lead the charge of a battalion of tiger lilies.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 месяцев назад

Goodness what a thought. Regards Stephen

@bernardkeays9756 11 месяцев назад

I'm enjoying the jacket but the glasses aren't outlandish enough.

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Not sure where I go from here! Regards Stephen

@kerryjean2223 11 месяцев назад

I very recently bought a Paddy's Lilac only because the price was marked down. Once I got it planted into a quite tall tapered pot, I discovered the label mentioned was actually named after Paddy Vadoulis whom I suspect must be Milton Vadoulis' dad, and whom also must have been the original owner of Vadoulis Garden Centre at Gawler, South Australia. I noticed a much smaller plantlet a, couple weeks later at the base of the plant of which I plucked out and popped into the ground near the base of the pot. That must have been a week or so ago, is still living and so I now am wondering if it is a 'sucker' as mentioned?

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Hard to tell at this early stage but if it keeps leaves in winter it will be under stock. Regards Stephen

@coolredkelpie 7 месяцев назад

@@thehorti-culturalists Hi Stephen and Matthew, Just catching up on some of your fantastic content so only just view this video now, you work so well together and I love that jacket on you Stephen. I bit the bullet, after procrastinating for a few years, and finally gave my very mature and not pruned (prob over 40yrs old) purple Lilac (English) tree a brutal prune after flowering last spring. It had started to send up suckers so I figured if the main plant died then the suckers were a back up. All went well the main trunk shot and the suckers removed. Now we're well into summer and it's shooting suckers again. Based on your comment above about the understock and Lilacs being grafted onto Privet wouldn't the suckers leaves look like Privet? Mine are the same as the Lilac leaf so does that mean it's not grafted? Why do I persevere with this Lilac? Because it was my late English mother-in-law's pride and joy which was transplanted into this garden in 1990 to SW WA as it struggled in Perth's heat. I'm pretty sure you have also now identified my "white" Lilac which is not so white at all but "Primrose".

@robyn-r3g 11 месяцев назад

I bought a lilac for my garden many years ago. I read up on it before planting and, if I remember, I had to plant the lilac so the graft union would be below soil level. Sadly ... Maybe I should try again, but with a more interesting variety. 👍 another interesting video. Thank you. ❤ 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘 p.s. I'd be very interested in a video about prostanthera (not sure of the plural!). I have one, in particular, which flowers profusely for several weeks and has a dark purple flower along with a magnificent scent. The fragrance varies between species and, next to the scent of eucalypt, seems to epitomise everything Australia for me.

@thehorti-culturalists 11 месяцев назад

Yet another group of iconic Australian plants. Regards Stephen