How to plant a lilac: basic rules

Fragrant bushes of lilacs decorate many suburban areas. The fragrance of lilac is like a lot and it reminds the smell from childhood. How to plant lilacs on your site to form a beautiful bush, pleasing its appearance and aroma? Depending on the chosen variety, it is possible to grow shrubs of various heights and shapes. The most common varieties of lilac common, brought once from the Balkan Peninsula. Such varieties are unpretentious in their care and well survive the harsh Russian winters. However, for landscape design, you can choose specifically derived terry varieties. Lilac varietal differs form of inflorescence, height of the bush and density of the crown.

Where to plant a lilac?

Before you plant a lilac, you need to think carefully about its location. Experienced gardeners plant lilacs along the fence, thereby closing the site from other people's eyes. The bushes at the pond look picturesque, reflecting in the water and creating a double effect. For a lilac bloom, a sunny patch of land is needed. In the penumbra, as in the sun, the number of inflorescences sharply decreases. The soil will be neutral or slightly alkaline, but not acidic. The drainage is very important, therefore, a broken brick is laid on the bottom of a dug hole (40x40cm in size), a mixture of humus or compost with sand is topped on top, a handful of superphosphate, a bucket of ash is added. On impoverished soils the width of the fovea should be 100x100 cm, and the entire soil is completely replaced by a fertile one.

How to plant a lilac in a prepared soil?

Despite the fact that this type of shrub is not exacting in growing and grooming, the landing should still be made in cloudy, cool weather. The best time for transplant is autumn, before the first frost. You can not plant young seedlings in wetland or mud. Below are the stages of how to plant a lilac:

• Before planting the lilac, the pit is filled with drainage and filled with prepared soil to the middle;
• The roots are lowered into the pit, the remaining soil is neatly spread and emptied, the plant should not be too deep, the small planting is also contraindicated, since the upper roots can dry out;
• The soil needs to be compacted a little, the edges of the socket should be raised by 20 cm;
• Pour into the hole 4-5 buckets of water, wait until it is absorbed;
• Mulch the soil under bush peat, mown hay or sawdust.

It is worth noting that autumn landing in the ground is preferable to spring, as in autumn the shrub will take root, and wintering will please with flowering in the first summer.

Aftercare of the lilac

As already mentioned above, for lilac, the acidity of the soil is important . Many gardeners noticed that with time the inflorescence change color, grow smaller. This means that the soil is not suitable for shrubs. On acidic soil lilac may wither completely. It is necessary to take care of the introduction of deoxidizers or wood ash.

In addition, the lilac needs watering and top dressing, at least during flowering and during the winter. Under the bushes, the manure or repellent is added.

Watering the plant is necessary as the soil dries out from the calculation of 2 buckets per bush. If the summer was arid, then in the fall they produce water recharge irrigation.

Clean, loose soil, without weeds, always moistened or mulched - is the key to successful growth and a beautiful bloom of lilacs!