2006-08-25 08:39:33 · 8 answers · asked by susan_112147 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
A Yahoo search for "lilac bushes" (include the quotation marks in the search box) yields 79,400 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find the information you seek.
Good luck with your search.
2006-08-29 08:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
I want to correct a couple of misconceptions in the previous answers.
1. Fall is a great time to plant trees or shrubs. Top growth goes dormant so all the plant's energy goes into establishing the root system.
2. Do treat as a new planting, i.e. give it a thorough soaking once a week right up to freeze-up. However, do NOT fertilize. Fertilizing will promote foliage growth. What you want is root growth. If you wish to feed your lilac, wait until spring!
2006-08-25 10:49:27 · answer #2 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an educated guess, mind you, but I would say that as long as you have 6 more weeks of frost free nights that it would be absolutely fine. I live in Wisconsin and I just today transplanted several Hydrangea plants that I had set up to root in june. I think our weather pattern is similar, if not colder, than you in Idaho and we still have several weeks without frost, I'm sure. The plants just need to get established root wise. If they are small, and your winters are very cold then you might cover them with spruce branches or something to insulate them a little bit, but I think Lilac are pretty tough plants...we have 2 that are 12-15 feet tall.
2006-08-25 08:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by bradley L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So plant it 4-5 toes faraway from the abode, and panorama around it with flowers, and so on, and fill interior the area between them with mulch. upload some edging to maintain the grass from shifting in too at as quickly as, and you'd be wanting a effective appealing planting there in some years whilst the lilac fills in.
2016-12-14 11:53:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the wrong time of the year to plant bushes. You need to plant them in the spring so their roots have a chance to grow. If you plant them now they could freeze and die.
2006-08-25 10:02:43 · answer #5 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as you get a good potted plant into the ground soon, I would say yes.
2006-08-26 07:13:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as the ground is not frozen you can. If you can't find them locally there are nurseries on the web that carry them.
2006-08-25 08:46:00 · answer #7 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can but dont forget to add mulch and fertilizer
2006-08-25 08:55:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋