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Post by pierkiss on Feb 28, 2018 17:56:24 GMT
Has anyone successfully grown lilacs in a shady spot? That actually bloom? Or does anyone know of a specific variety that can bloom in the shade? I would like to plant some this year to eventually act as a border fence along the side of our pool between us and the neighbors. But it can be shady over there. :/
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Post by Delta Dawn on Feb 28, 2018 17:57:54 GMT
We have a tree by the side of our house that grows white ones. I am sorry I can't be more specific but I know it's there and it doesn't get much sun if any. I don't go to that side of the house for any reason. There are spiders and maybe snakes over there. The tree itself is beautiful and it gets next to no light.
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Post by pierkiss on Feb 28, 2018 18:21:33 GMT
😄 I can relate to avoiding a side of the house because of spiders. I do hat here too, and it’s also the side where I want to plant the lilacs.
Would you say your lilac produces a lot or just a few flowers during its blooming period?
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Post by milocat on Feb 28, 2018 18:41:26 GMT
My mom's yard has no direct sunlight and she has 2 different bushes that have been there since I was a kid, maybe before that. They still bloom. I could ask her what kind they are. Probably helps that we have such loooong hours of daylight though. But they survive being snowed on after they leaf out most years.
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Post by moodyblue on Feb 28, 2018 18:45:16 GMT
We have, I believe, dwarf Korean lilacs. They are planted on the northwest corner of our house, so they don't get a lot of sun. We've had to trim the bigger one back multiple times; ours our bushes and need to be thinned too because all the branches intertwine and make it very woody.
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Post by Basket1lady on Feb 28, 2018 19:03:52 GMT
We did at our last house. But, lilacs bloom in the spring and the shade trees didn't fully leaf out until about the time they bloomed. So that may help. If the area is shaded because of a building or coniferous trees, then I'm no help!
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 28, 2018 19:14:45 GMT
I have never had a lilac bloom with morning shade but I live in a warmer climate and brought mine from up north a bit and transplanted them. Some have done well and others not well at all. Afternoon shade they seem to do better.
My mother had a lilac that did well in afternoon shade but morning sun and I took cuttings from it that did very well. |
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Post by kristi521 on Feb 28, 2018 19:16:47 GMT
We have, I believe, dwarf Korean lilacs. They are planted on the northwest corner of our house, so they don't get a lot of sun. We've had to trim the bigger one back multiple times; ours our bushes and need to be thinned too because all the branches intertwine and make it very woody. That is what I have had good luck with too. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 1, 2018 16:08:59 GMT
We have a regular older lilac bush that had been on the north east corner of our house in a very shaded area when we moved here and it did fine there. When we had different plantings put in I didn’t want to lose it so we had them move it to the south east corner in a much sunnier spot and it has done just as well there, too. Since then we put in four Miss Kims on the sunny west side that have exploded in size since we planted them, and four dwarf Korean lilacs on the shadier east side that doesn’t get much daytime sun at all once the trees in front leaf out. We put those last ones in pretty late in the season (bought on clearance at Costco for $15 each) so it will be interesting to see what they do this spring. I think lilacs in general are pretty hardy plants.
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