How much does a lilac sapling cost? Planting methods, flowering season and main viewing destinations

Lilac (a deciduous shrub of the genus Syringa in the family Oleaceae) generally refers to the genus Syringa, also known as the lilac genus; plants in this genus are deciduous shrubs or small trees; most are grown for ornamental purposes.So how much does a lilac sapling cost? How do you plant and care for it? In what season does it bloom? What are the main viewing destinations? According to Oleaceae records, the genus Syringa is richly diverse: flower colors include purple, purplish red, blue-purple, yellow, red and white, and the flowering period lasts two seasons, from early bloomers in April to late bloomers in July.

How much does a lilac sapling cost?

The prices below are compiled for reference only.

How do you plant and care for lilac?

Planting:

1. There are two common methods for raising lilac seedlings: one is sowing, the other is grafting. Changjing Landscape in Shuyang, Jiangsu has both grafted and seed-sown plants; click to learn about lilac seeds. For tall-stemmed lilac, the rootstock is large-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum); the best time is before bud break in spring for cleft grafting, or cleft grafting in late August, with a 90% survival rate. In summer, softwood cuttings can also be used for propagation, requiring misting to cool things down, with a 90% survival rate, and yellow sand is the best medium.

2. For seed propagation in the north, choose mid-March; sowing can begin once the outdoor temperature is between 7~15, and the seeds need two months of sand storage, so please start stratifying lilac seeds in sand before the new year. Our nursery sows in furrow rows, with a plant-to-row spacing of 10*35 cm, using 8~10 jin per mu, or 30 jin per mu when grown specifically for seedling production and transplanting.

3. Lilac is a landscaping tree that tolerates fertilizer well; during the growing season, compound fertilizer can be broadcast, 2~3 times in spring and summer, stopping fertilization during the high heat of summer, and watering well after each application to promote nutrient uptake and growth. Fertilize once in summer and autumn, stop fertilizing after September, and stop watering after November. In winter, broadcast farmyard manure, such as chicken manure, cow manure, pig manure, etc., used after it has fully decomposed.

Care:

1. Growing lilac at home is relatively simple compared with other flowering plants. To grow lilac on a balcony or in a courtyard at home, you can use division, cuttings, or layering.

2. Generally speaking, division is the method most commonly used by the public. So-called division means digging up the small shoots at the base of the original lilac with roots and soil attached, and planting them separately in flower pots. This is usually done as heel-in planting in autumn. Heel-in planting means that after transplanting, it is still uncertain where they will finally be planted, so to keep the lilac from dying, they are temporarily planted for a period to make later transplanting easier. In fact, lilac seedlings bought from the birch market are generally already in a heeled-in state; once you take them home, choose a good spot and plant them, and they will continue to grow.

3. Next is propagation by cuttings. For the average consumer, lilac cuttings may be a bit slow, taking one to one and a half months, so you need to wait patiently. Take healthy one- to two-year-old lilac branches and insert them into soil or sand; once the new branches have rooted, they can be replanted, and a new lilac is splendidly born.

4. Lilac can also be propagated by layering. So-called layering means burying a lilac branch in moist soil, while note that at this point the branch is not yet separated from the original parent plant. After the branch has rooted, it is then cut away from the mother plant. This method not only requires a long wait (it takes two to three months), but also takes a bit of skill; before layering, you need to perform a small operation of girdling the branch, then apply growth hormone to encourage root growth.

Appendix: Main lilac viewing destinations

Classified by region:

1. Southwest China: mainly including Tibet, Yunnan and other provinces, it is the most important distribution area for lilac. There are thirteen species of lilac here, accounting for about fifty percent. In addition, this region also has the largest number of endemic species.

2. Northwest China: including Shaanxi Province, Qinghai Province, Gansu Province and other provinces. This region has twelve species of lilac, accounting for forty-four percent of all species, and Syringa oblata is unique to this area.

3. North China and Northeast China: the species in these two regions account for about thirty percent of the total. Among them, Syringa villosa is distributed only in North China, while Northeast China has no endemic species.

Introduction to specific locations:

1. Jietai Temple Park

There are more than a thousand lilacs in the temple, all over two hundred years old, and the most famous are more than twenty bestowed by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. Every year from April to May, the Lilac Culture Festival is held here as scheduled. At that time, visitors come in crowds and streams to admire the lilac flowers. With a light breeze and bees and butterflies flying about, it has a distinctive charm.

2. Fayuan Temple

The lilacs in this temple are too numerous to count, with both the front and rear courtyards full of them. In addition, the varieties are very rare, including even foreign varieties. Whenever the flowering season arrives, the beauty is beyond description. You can choose to come and admire them from late April to mid-May.

3. Beijing Botanical Garden Lilac Garden

This is a very complete ornamental plant area; lilacs are planted in clumps or groups, with a single group reaching more than twenty plants. Because they are planted in groups, they look very neat and uniform. There are as many as more than twenty species planted, including both common and rare varieties. Because there are so many kinds, the viewing period is also long.

4. Temple of Heaven Park

Located west of the cypress grove at the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, it is the largest lilac viewing area in Beijing by land area, and all the trees are over fifty years old. After mid-April, the trees are covered with lilac flowers, which are quite pleasing to the eye and ear.

5. Badaling National Forest Park

More than twenty thousand lilacs, an unimaginable spectacle! However, they bloom relatively late, in mid-June. The scenic area also regularly holds some special activities, including environmental protection activities and cultural activities.