Lilacs bloom from April to May, lilacs bloom in June, lilacs bloom in May and fall in October. Maintenance conditions: Fertile, well-drained sandy soil is required, and should be planted in a sunny, fertile, deep soil location. Watering once before and after flowering can easily cause leggy growth and affect flowering. Well-rotted compost can be applied every year or before the following winter to replenish nutrients in the soil.
1. In what months do lilacs bloom?
Lilacs bloom in April to May, and the flowers are purple. Lilacs bloom in June, and lilacs bloom in May and October. Falling flowers.
2. Characteristics of lilacs
1. Lilacs are highly drought-resistant. For example, the rainy season in Beijing is from July to September, and the other months are dry seasons, especially April. By June, the temperature rises rapidly from 10°C to about 28°C. At this time, various cloves grow and bloom rapidly.
2. Although there is little rain and evaporation increases sharply to 230~280 mm, all kinds of cloves will grow as long as you water the plants twice a month.
3. Lilac flowers like sun, tolerate shade, like moisture, do not accumulate water, and are cold-tolerant. Generally, they do not need watering.
3. Maintenance conditions of lilacs
1. Sandy soil
(1) If cultivated in a shaded environment, the branches will be slender and weak, and the inflorescences will be short. Loose and dull flowers.
(2) If planted on barren land, it can also grow, but there will be many flowers and the growth will be very thin.
(3) It should be planted in a sunny, fertile place with deep soil, requiring fertile, well-drained sandy soil
2. Watering
Every year When the weather is dry in spring, when the buds germinate, water them once before and after flowering.
Lilac blooms from April to May, with purple flowers. Martin lilac blooms in June. Four-season lilac blooms in May and falls in October.
3. Fertilization
(1) Cloves don’t like fertilizer, so don’t fertilize too much. In that case, it will easily lead to leggy growth and affect flowering.
(2) Generally speaking, applying rotten compost every year or before the second winter can replenish nutrients in the soil.
IV. Types and distribution of lilacs
1. There are 35 species of lilacs, mainly distributed in southeastern Europe, Japan, Afghanistan, the Himalayas, North Korea and China.
2. China has 81% of the wild species of Syringa and is the modern distribution center of Syringa plants.
3. Southwest, northwest, north China and northeast China are the main distribution areas of clove. Southwest Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet are important distribution areas of Chinese cloves, with 13 species naturally distributed, accounting for about 50% of wild resources. At the same time, this area is also the area with the most endemic species. Tibetan lilac, Yunnan lilac, Xishu lilac, hairy lilac, Sichuan lilac, weeping lilac, pine forest lilac, wrinkled leaf lilac, etc. are all endemic to the Southwest.
4. There are seven kinds of wild seeds in the Hengduan Mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan.
5. Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, and northwestern Shanxi are another important distribution area of ??Chinese lilac. There are 12 naturally distributed lilac species, accounting for 44% of the total. Chinese lilac is unique species, and the remaining 11 species are distributed in Southwest, North China, and Northeast China.
6. The Qinling Mountains are an important distribution area of ??cloves from the northwest to the central part. North China and Northeast China each have about 30% of resources. The unique species in North China is red lilac, and the other six species are distributed in the southwest, northwest, and northeastern mountainous areas. The wild species are also distributed in northwest, North China and other provinces.