Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: Lilac's (as promised!) |
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Here is one of my Lilac bushes. It is just loaded with flowers this year. It has been attracting lots of Hummingbirds. I had to cut some blooms off because the branches were so heavy they were hanging down!
A close up of the bloom
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eileen
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Scotland
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 1:56 am Post subject: |
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Oh WOW Netty your lilac is beautiful. My dwarf pink one is flowering profusely at the moment but neither of my two purples have many flowers this year. My white one has no flowers at all.  I think the really dry weeks that we had are to blame as they usually bloom really well.
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have 3 large Lilac's. One of them is beside my kitchen window and when I had the window open yesterday the whole main floor smelled like Lilac! Heavenly!
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hummingbird3172
Zone 9b Saint Cloud, FL
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!
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TheBip
Indianapolis, IN
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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Thats beautiful! My ex loves lilacs ^^ I bought him a bush last year, I wonder if it has any blooms yet...
I also have two lilac bushes of my own, one is really little ^_^ I dont think itll bloom this year, maybe next (if the dogs dont kill it first o_O)
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bethie
WestTennessee
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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I adore these beauties. Our pitiful lilac blooms long before the hummers arrive.
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glendann
Texas
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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I do love these bushes.Heather has so many I'm jealous.These smells so gooood
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teddybear
zone 6B, TX
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Wish I could smell them. It just isn't summer with out the smell of lilacs.
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