Lilac by mail is where I show pictures of Lilacs in one gallon pots available for mail order where I have propagated larger plants either by division in winter or from softwood cuttings in spring from previously flowered numbered plants. I edit this page frequently so you should reload in case your computer has it cached.

lilacsbymailsmall.jpg, Click the picture for a larger image where you can read the variety names of Lilacs available as of the date in the lower right hand corner.

We pot them into a one gallon size pot and print the variety name, label #, and the date they were propagated on the side of the pot with a paint pen. We wont sell them until they produce enough growth. Click the picture for a larger image and check the date the picture was taken in the lower right hand corner.

Divisions and layers from numbered plants that have previously flowered proving the variety. We dont sell these until they have come out of dormancy and produced an inch or so of growth.

You can see the buds starting on this one.

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Finding Lilacs that are easy to divide then breaking them loose from the icy ground with a hammer.

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Customers can order Lilacs in one gallon pots by sending their name, mailing address, phone number and a request to subscribe to the free picture-newsletter in an email ( contact me ) along with a list of what they want. The following spring as they show active growth I will take pictures of the plants grouped together to publish in the newsletter and start to place ordered plants to the side giving priority to those ordered earliest in the year. We can send 2 one gallon potted plants in this size for around $20 postage and handling as of June 2015. Let me know during winter what Lilac you might want to order so we can bring one that has previously flowered in from the field and divide it.

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Lilac picture above taken August 16, 2009. This is one of a series of pictures created for those who wish to renovate their lilac. Everybody wants to know "When renovating a lilac where should I cut back to? 12 inches, 2 feet, 3 feet or what?" So I'm cutting back to all of those and flush with the ground as well. So I pruned this one to 12 inches in Mid August and I'll take pictures next year and the year after so you can compare (August 2009 Newsletter).

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Lilac picture above taken September 4, 2009 pruned back to 12 inches on August 8 and fertilized with manure current growth as of September 4 (September 2009 Newsletter).

I mark the date we potted them, the variety name, the number from the yellow label attached to the Lilac that we took the cuttings from and the potting soil used on the side of the pot with a paint pen.

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Picture above taken October 2, 2009 of Lilac #11-151 (pruned back to 12 inches on August 9, 2009)

I am trying to show the plants in the nursery as though you are a customer in a garden center (you can see the plants on a table, closeups of the flower, see a sign with a description and if you email me I may even update the picture to that day, the date shown somewhere within the picture.

Yellow labels attached to a plant within a picture allow me to easily save additional pictures of the same variety to my web pages. Sometimes I may use more than one yellow label for the same plant if the old one falls off or becomes illegible.

About the ALL-PICTURE-NEWSLETTER by andyvancleve

Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 6 to 16 May 20 to 31 June 4 to 7 June 8 to 9 June 11 to 13 June 16 to 25 July August September October November December

Potential Customers subscribe. Each month I send them the latest email link to the newsletter, and sometimes an update telling them when I am open.

I will send to all my subscribers probably by the tenth of the month a link to the latest newsletter. If you wish to subscribe to my free picture-newsletter just email me.