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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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 Posted - May 06 2009 : 4:47:06 PM
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   I'm thinking of moving some lillac bushes that never really bloomed well to a more sunny area. Can anyone tell me if the roots are really long....and their experience doing this ....thanks so much
I'm just a dirt lovin gal
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - May 06 2009 : 7:06:15 PM
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Wait to do it in the fall you won't have much luck now.
Diana
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
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Posted - May 07 2009 : 03:50:12 AM
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I had about 20 old - really old - lilac bushes behind my garage. Hubby was tearing down the garage to make way for the new one. So, we dug up a bunch of the lilacs. Called all our neighbors over to come get some too.
Not one took to transplanting.  I was very upset. I even tried digging up the little "saplings" and that didn't work. The only thing I can think of is that the ground they were growing in was very fertile - where they went the soil wasn't. I did move soil with them. Perhaps we didn't get enough of a root for them to take.
Just wanted to share my experience.
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverly
Marlborough
USA
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Posted - May 07 2009 : 04:20:24 AM
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thanks so much for input, I appreciate it.
have a good dau....its on a raining spurt here in Massachusetts.
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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Posted - May 07 2009 : 06:42:18 AM
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I have transplanted lilac suckers very successfully, but I have always done it in the Spring when the wood was still very green. They are slow growers, but usually very hardy. They originated from eastern Europe and are quite hardy. The pioneers brought them out west here, apiece of home, if you will, when they migrated. I just brougt some home from my childhood home in Nevada, potted them up and they are thriving. I've read you can start lilac by cutting 6" pieces of green shoots and putting them in a potting medium with growth homrmone also, but I haven't tried that yet. Also, another little bit of lilac lore, they very rarely get frosted, watch the lilacs in your garden and yard, they don't unfurl their leaves until it's fairly safe, frost wise.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - May 07 2009 : 6:20:05 PM
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My husband moved a bunch of lilacs to a sunny location. They have done real well. And bloomed well after moving too. They were not real big, so they were easy to move. Good luck with yours. I like the bit of lilac lore mentioned above!
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therusticcottage
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Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - May 08 2009 : 11:40:35 AM
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Missy and I have always started new lilac bushes from the suckers. Just make sure that you get some roots and put them in a well draining potting soil. It takes about 5 years before a lilac bush will bloom so patience is the key. I've moved them before too but always done it in the Fall.
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