{"id":7604,"date":"2010-06-02T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T18:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7604"},"modified":"2010-05-30T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T18:57:09","slug":"lilac-blossom-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/lilac-blossom-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilac Blossom Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"White Lilac \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4647328711\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4044\/4647328711_0c55d28779.jpg\" alt=\"White Lilac\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think lilac trees are boring for 11 months of the year but for a powerful scent they are hard to beat in late May.<\/p>\n<p>The White Lilac is every bit as scented as the &#8216;lilac&#8217; Lilac.<\/p>\n<p>For tips growing Lilac see <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-lilac\/\">this post<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For cut flowers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick stems early in the morning when full of sap.<\/li>\n<li>Put immediately into warm water,<\/li>\n<li>Split the stem for 1&#8243; with a sharp knife do not crush.<\/li>\n<li> In this way they should last more than 4 days but otherwise Lilac will disappoint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4647898552\/\" title=\"Lilac \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4024\/4647898552_888656482d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Lilac\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are many varieties of Syringia  of which the common lilac Syringia vulgaris is best known (see below).<br \/>\nI particularly like the smaller better behaved Syringia microphylla Superba above as a garden shrub or small tree.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lilac \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4647310681\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4021\/4647310681_35c1a3e45c.jpg\" alt=\"Lilac\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think lilac trees are boring for 11 months of the year but for a powerful scent they are hard to beat in late May. The White Lilac is every bit as scented as the &#8216;lilac&#8217; Lilac. For tips growing Lilac see this post For cut flowers Pick stems early in the morning when full of sap. Put immediately into warm water, Split the stem for 1&#8243; with a sharp knife do not crush. In this way they should last&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/lilac-blossom-time\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}