When it comes to "lilac", many gardeners are likely to think of the lavishly violet flowering and characteristically fragrant shrub that has graced our gardens for many centuries. In fact, there are around 30 different species - and an almost unmanageable abundance of varieties that can be used to extend the flowering period. So that your lilacs sprout particularly well, you can spoil them in early spring.
So that the lilac pushes many flowers, it should be fertilized with compost
Treat your lilacs to sprouting with compost
For this purpose, provide your lilac bush with a generous shovel of ripe compost before it buds. If the shrub is growing on rather poor soil, mix in a handful of horn shavings (€32.93) - but not more, because this fertilizer contains a lot of nitrogen, which in turn is not beneficial for flowering - but for the formation of a dense one Foliage essential. Carefully work the fertilizer (the roots are just below the soil surface and should not be injured!) into the root disc, watering with stale or rainwater if necessary.
When the lilacs bloom, spring really begins
By the time the lilacs bloom, the actual spring flowers such as snowdrops, snowflakes and daffodils have long since faded, so the garden year is only just beginning. The most commonly planted lilac, Syringa vulgaris, shows its flowers from the beginning of May depending on the weather, but in some years earlier or later. Some varieties, however, flower much later: the royal lilac 'Saugeana' (Syringa chinensis) opens its fragrant light violet splendor between May and June, while the arched lilac (Syringa reflexa) does not open until June. Syringa microphylla 'Superba', also known as autumn lilac, has a particularly long flowering period, which blooms again in summer / autumn after a spring bloom.
Caution: only cut lilacs after flowering
In order for your lilacs to actually show their flowers in spring, you should under no circumstances cut them beforehand - then you will remove the flower buds that were planted the previous year. Instead, the flowering shrub should always be cut back immediately after flowering.
Protect flower buds from late frosts
In some regions of Germany late night frosts are not uncommon, even in May. So that the frost does not destroy either the blossom or the shoots, you should protect the lilac - especially if it is still young - with a garden fleece.
tips
The numerous small lilac flowers sitting on the panicles usually have only four petals. However, sometimes you can find ones with five or even more - these, according to superstition, bring luck to their finder, similar to four-leaf clovers.