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- Maintain lilac bonsai properly
- Which lilac is suitable as bonsai?
- Maintain lilac bonsai properly
- Location and substrate
- Pouring and fertilizing
- Cutting and wire
- repotting
- overwinter
- Tips
Lilac is suitable for bonsai breeding
Maintain lilac bonsai properly
Lilac (Syringa) with its numerous species and varieties is one of the most popular ornamental shrubs in the garden. He is regarded as extremely easy-care and impresses every year with a magnificent, intensely fragrant flower. The beauty of the shrub or small tree is particularly evident in a bonsai culture.
Which lilac is suitable as bonsai?
Basically, you can raise virtually any lilac to bonsai, but some species and varieties are very vigorous and reach heights between three and four meters. It is more practical to use lower lilac, for example
These varieties are only up to about two feet high and can be easily cropped.
Maintain lilac bonsai properly
In order for your lilac bonsai to thrive and flower well, it needs the right nutrients, a suitable planter, and should be replanted every two years. Lilac is also not in the apartment, but outdoors - the plant tolerates wind very well and feels most comfortable in a breezy, sunny spot.
Location and substrate
Lilac needs a lot of sun.It is best to put it in a full sun, warm and airy location, but it does not run the risk of drowning in the rain. If the plantlet gets too little light, it forms few or even no flowers. The substrate should be permeable, moderately nutrient-rich and calcareous.
Pouring and fertilizing
Wetness does not like the lilac at all, you should fertilize it regularly. Do not let the bonsai dry out so as not to damage the fine roots. Fertilize about every two weeks with a low-nitrogen liquid fertilizer, but never fertilize on the dry root ball. It is better to administer the fertilizer together with the irrigation water.
Cutting and wire
The lilac is best cut after flowering. You can remove faded shoots immediately. Cut new shoots back one to two leaves. By about mid-July, young shoots can be shaped by wire, while older twigs and branches are too inelastic and break quickly.
repotting
Twice the lilac every two years in fresh substrate, where you should also perform a root cut immediately.
overwinter
Winter hardy lilac can easily spend the winter outside.
Tips
It will be particularly interesting if you severely cut down an old lilac and make a bonsai out of it.