| When you choose a lilac you are planting
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| | dark green foliage provides the perfect
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| a shrub that is part of our American
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| | backdrop for the exquisite powerfully
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| heritage - some have even called the
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| | fragrant, lavender pink florets that will
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| lilac the "apple pie of shrubs." Thomas
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| | cover the dense bush from head to toe.
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| Jefferson planted lilacs at Monticello
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| | Expect it to bloom in May-June, with
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| and lilacs greeted guests as they entered
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| | lighter rebloom in later summer and fall,
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| George Washington's flower garden at
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| | extending the season and allowing you to
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| Mount Vernon. Poet Walt Whitman's elegy
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| | enjoy its beauty and fragrance twice
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| to Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in
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| | during the year. Foliage turns bright
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| the Dooryard Bloom'd" evokes an image of
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| | yellow in autumn.Unlike other common
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| a lilac bush that may be familiar to
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| | lilacs, the Dwarf Korean Lilac blooms
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| many:In the dooryard fronting an old
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| | profusely at an early age and is not
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| farm-house near the white-wash'd palings,
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| | susceptible to powdery mildew. Expect it
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| | to grow four to five feet high and wide,
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| Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with
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| | the perfect size for a perennial border,
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| heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
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| | foundation planting or shrub border
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| With many a pointed blossom rising
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| | foreground. No matter where the Dwarf
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| delicate, with the perfume strong I love,
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| | Korean Lilac is planted in your garden,
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| | it is sure to be a standout year after
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| With every leaf a miracle - and from
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| | year.Planting and CareThe Dwarf Korean
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| this bush in the dooryard,
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| | Lilac is one tough plant, a real
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| With delicate-color'd blossoms and
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| | survivor. Over ten years ago we planted
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| heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
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| | some in wooden planter boxes that were
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| A sprig with its flower I break.French
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| | fabricated over a black top parking lot
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| and Dutch colonist first introduced
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| | in full sun. These planter boxes never
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| lilacs to the United States, carrying
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| | get any supplemental water, only what
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| them during their long journeys across
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| | mother nature provides. Every year the
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| the Atlantic Ocean. Lilacs soon found
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| | lilacs bloom profusely, hold their leaves
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| themselves all over North America,
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| | all summer without browning, rebloom in
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| arriving by saddlebags and coach. Today
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| | the fall and never suffer any winter die
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| there are over 2,000 named varieties of
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| | back. After the drought of 2002, I
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| lilacs thanks to many industrious and
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| | expected the lilacs to be totally dead.
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| passionate breeders all over the world.
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| | When I drove by in the spring of 2003
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| Our feature plant this week is the Dwarf
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| | they were in full bloom, just as they
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| Korean Lilac - the most useful of all the
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| | have been every year.For best results,
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| lilacs, and Alan's favorite of all the
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| | plant in early spring. Lilacs require at
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| shrubs we grow. It is easy to grow and
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| | least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day.
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| maintain, making a beautiful and welcome
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| | Plant in good, well-drained soil. Water
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| addition to your garden.The Dwarf Korean
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| | regularly until established and during
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| Lilac (Syringa meyeri Pablibin)
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| | the summer. Prune old blooms away
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| The Dwarf Korean Lilacs' parent, the
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| | immediately after flowering to encourage
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| Syringa meyeri, is named after Frank
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| | more blossoms. Fertilize with Bulb-Tone
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| Meyer who discovered it in a garden in
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| | at planting and again in the spring.
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| Beijing, China in 1909 and sent cuttings
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| | Click here to view the Dwarf Korean Lilac
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| home to the United States. Many lilacs
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| | on the Carroll Gardens website.Alan
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| are offspring of the Syringa meyeri, but
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| | Summers, president of Carroll Gardens,
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| the palabin Dwarf Korean Lilac is the
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| | Inc., has over 30 years experience in
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| smallest and most delightful. The clean,
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| | gardening and landscape design.
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