Talk:Syringa

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I've removed evergreen. The ones in my garden (UK) currently have no leaves. If lilacs keep their leaves in certain climates, please restore with clarification -- Tarquin 19:01 Jan 15, 2003 (UTC)

Do we need this many pictures? How about a taxotable? Rissa of the saiya-jin 23:29, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I agree with you, I've removed the purple pic because the colour seems wrong, at least for the purple lilac we see here in England. The other three pics show different parts of the lilac (overall look, leaves and flowers) so should stay.

Adrian Pingstone 07:52, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Photo in Socorro, NM in early April is highly unlikely to be lilac. Ceanothus? --Wetman 17:43, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC) - Yes, confirmed Ceanothus, not Lilac - MPF 19:40, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

That's the date I have on that batch of photos. It's also the date on a check I wrote the same day a block away from there. As for what's normal weather around here, nobody really knows any more. It used to be predictable. It's certainly a good fifteen degrees (fahrenheit) warmer than Taos, nearly all the time, and our lilacs in Taos would never bloom that early, but here it happens. However, here in Socorro County many years lilacs don't bloom much at all because they try for April and get nipped by frost. This past spring they didn't. ;Bear 21:20, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)

All right, you guys, I will get closeups of the leaves. ;Bear 21:56, 2004 Dec 14 (UTC)

Now that there are leaves again I got a picture. When I was in town today I went over to the same house and then discovered that I didn't have the camera with me so I removed a piece from the plant on the left and brought it home, and you can see it at http://www.zianet.com/glampers/lilac/PICT1764cas.JPG -- is this a lilac or a ceanothus? BTW they are nowhere near as far along this year as they were a month earlier last year. This year is more normal; last year was freaky warm. ;Bear 07:35, 2005 May 4 (UTC)

Thanks; must admit I'm a bit baffled now. It isn't a lilac, and it isn't a Ceanothus either. The leaves look most like a privet, but I don't know of any privets with purple flowers, they have white flowers (and also flower much later in the summer) - MPF 15:15, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Daytime, better light, better pix -- a couple of leaves at http://www.zianet.com/glampers/lilac/PICT1765-1.JPG (front of one leaf) and http://www.zianet.com/glampers/lilac/PICT1765-2.JPG (back of another) ... the -1 pix was pushed fairly hard with Graphic Converter to overcome the bright background; it's not mottled as it ended up looking. Does this help? ;Bear 17:21, 2005 May 4 (UTC)

I've added a clear photo of lilac leaves to the article. It happens to be a white lilac but the leaves of a purple lilac are the same. I've taken away the previous leaf picture because it wasn't PD and didn't have a larger version - Adrian Pingstone 18:23, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Proves my point, proves I was right all along. My picture was a lilac as I originally maintained, freaky weather last spring notwithstanding. ;Bear 21:03, 2005 May 4 (UTC)

I've added a little sentence about pruning. It is possible to prune Lilacs without losing flowers - one must just be careful about when the pruning occurs.--68.147.190.137 05:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Hers

The article Joseph Hers is a stub about a botanist who discovered several new varieties of lilac, some have been named after him. If anyone has any refs to this or can name any of the species, please add this information to the Joseph Hers article. Thanks. Alf ^melmac 09:52, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi all. Am doing a story involving the meaning of flowers and came accross several sources that gave the symbolism behind lilacs. Thought it was just quirky enough to merit a mention. Hope you agree.

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[edit] Native to California?

Wait, I thought Lilac was a California plant. That's what it said in my wildflowers book. Maybe native to California and similar climates in Europe? Help!

Ceanothus spp.--Wetman (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Move species list?

The list is pretty disruptive to the article. Maybe move it to the end, side or its own article? Kborer 00:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pruning

The following information was deleted by someone who doesn't know how lilacs are pruned:

Lilacs have a tendency to bloom very luxuriantly, but in alternate years. Since lilacs have no autumn color, are often unsightly in late summer because of harmless powdery mildew, and offer no berries nor winter interest, pruning lilacs to encourage a dependable annual display is essential. The right moment is immediately after the blooms have faded, before seed production can set in. All the young wood that has just bloomed is cut back to a strong upward- or outward-facing woody crotch or to a promising strong green side shoot of the current season's growth. Leggy, weak growth is cut out and "water shoots" springing from the roots are cleanly cut as close to the root as possible. Old overgrown lilac clumps are progressively renewed in the course of a few years by cutting out thick, unproductive trunks a few at a time during winter dormancy.

Wise readers of Wikipedia read the Talkpages too. --Wetman (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Poisonous?

Our pet rabbit seems to like munching on the flowers, so I went out on the 'web looking to see if this was safe. Several web pages seemed to suggest lilacs have some sort of metabolic poison, but none of them were very clear on the issue. Does anyone know for sure one way or the other? It would be a good addition to the page. Maury (talk) 13:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)