Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-07 | Page 10 | Lilac Planted in October Thrives Well

VY V Y 1 Bil c Planted ij 1 1 in n October I Thrives Well f r By MAUD AUD Telegram Garden Editor Lilac planting time will wilt be here hereIn hereIn i In a couple of we weeks lu and every reader of th this column I hope will wll t- t tf I f plant at least one more lilac lime preferably preferably prefer prefer- l ably a variety of the fine line French x u are well aware fl no na doubt of the movement that L is on foot desIgned designed designed de de- de- de signed to make malte Utah the lilac state and only through the cooperation of of- every home owner can this b be done And surely It Is a laudable aim Autumn planted lilacs thrive far better than those planted In spring because because the lilac IlIac is la a shrub which sends out its leaves unusually early 1 so 80 that n no sooner have you put I. I your our shrub in the ground if you are doing spring planting before It st starts into this top growth and c tJi that t before the root growth has had I time to commence Naturally an enormous drain on the shrubs shrub's t I stored up energy results and often otten the lilac will look ook wilted and sick the whole fir tint first t summer if it it doesn't t die On the other hand plant your i. i lilacs in October or even November November Novem Novem- J ber the season is not advanced advanced ad ad- too far toward winter and the roots start at once to take hold of the soil solI continuing the process even when the surface of the ground is frozen By spring each lilac will willbe willbe willbe be perfectly established and reedy ready to send out its leaves leave with no setback setback setback set set- back ensuing No matter what lilac IlIac you are planting whether one of the newest newest newest new new- est and choicest or one ono of the old old- fashioned sweet lilacs that grandmother grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother cherished take the trouble to tD thoroughly prepare the ground first No shrub wUl will thrive if it it itis Is pushed into a hole scooped out o of any sot of earth with roots cramped and bent benL Most lilacs require an excavation at least the size of a bushel basket baskeL Take out th this portion of soil and andI I then with the edge of the spade chop hop down again into the ground to loosen the subsoil so that drainage drainage drain drain- age will be furnished and hardpan if it it exists loosened Into this lower strata Incorporate either bone meal or ft 1 decayed stable manure and nd then place the very best beat earth you have and this is almost always that taken from the upper six or eight inches of soil at the bottom of the hole for the lilac roots to rest upon While an assistant holds the lilac IlIac in place fill in all around the roots with ith the rest of the soil taken from the hole mixing it with willi either very old manure or bone meal for lilacs love a rich soil Press down firmly o with the feet as you go along so that no air pockets can be left I and when you have almost filled J in the hole pour a bucket of water re i gradually over it waiting until it Ii has seeped away before you add the thelast I last layer of soil soli t Planted like this a lilac cannot fall to thrive and to be lovely in inI I t y your ur garden year after year In a afew t few seasons add acid more fertilizer to f 1 the topsoil in a circle around the 4 ste stems and keep up this regular f feeding Iding Continue planting lilacs f autumn after autumn and so help t to make your neighborhood a para- para 1 tI A dis e clise at lilac time