Bonsai Lilac Bush

Lilac bushes will typically flower without any effort from you.

Bonsai lilac bush. Lilacs make colourful bonsai trees for. There long delicate stems can be pruned into shape to provide vivid delicate silhouette bonsai. Drain the seeds on a sheet of paper for five to 10 minutes the following day. The shrubs may take three to four years to establish themselves in a new site but once established they can live for centuries.

At first i was looking into starting one from seed but it seemed to be a decade long project before the tree would even be ready for a real bonsai like pruning and so i never planted anything. Soak the lilac seeds in a shallow bowl full of tap water for one full day to soften the hull and hydrate the embryo. The elongated clusters of very fragrant lavender pink flowers which fade to white stand out against the leaves which range from dark to lighter shades of green. In this video adriana repots and then prunes the lilac.

However if left to grow and spread on their own common lilacs will eventually only flower on the tops of the uppermost branches. Lilacs grow best in full sun and well drained soil. How to plant and care for lilacs. Thus you should be pruning lilacs annually to maintain their form and create a balance of new flowering shoots and older stems.

Soil ph alkalinity or acidity of the soil may affect the plant s growth. The korean lilac syringe palabiniana makes a graceful fragrant and beautiful bonsai.