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Mousetoescamper

(5,138 posts) Tue Jun 18, 2024, 07:56 AM Jun 2024

Lilac's back

My lilac is blooming, on several branches, for the second time this season.

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Lilac's back (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 OP

This gives me hope. My old lilac didn't bloom at all this spring, for the first time, so I thought it was dying. spooky3 Jun 2024 #1

This is the first time it's had more than a few single florets after the spring bloom Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #3

I can smell it MOMFUDSKI Jun 2024 #2

Wow! It's blooming where it's planted! Great bokeh, too. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2024 #4

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #5

spooky3

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1. This gives me hope. My old lilac didn't bloom at all this spring, for the first time, so I thought it was dying.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2024, 07:59 AM

Jun 2024

It later leafed out. Maybe it will bloom late this year.

Mousetoescamper

(5,138 posts)

3. This is the first time it's had more than a few single florets after the spring bloom

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 18, 2024, 08:11 AM

Jun 2024

This has been an unusual spring. I've found lots of poison ivy and pokeweed growing in the flowerbeds for the first time ever. I pull the poke out by the roots and the poison ivy gets sprayed with homemade weed killer: a gallon of white vinegar, one cup of table salt and one tablespoon of dish soap. It works!