Lilac Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Syringa vulgaris

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Planting a Lilac: Site, Soil pH, Spacing and the Graft Union
• When to Prune a Lilac: Deadheading, Timing and Renovating an Old Shrub
• Lilac Care: Feeding, Watering, Winter Chill and Why It Won't Flower
• Lilac Year-Round Schedule: What to Do in Each Season
• Lilac Problems: Powdery Mildew, Borers, Bacterial Blight and Scale

Pests and diseases (0)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.