Comments on: Lilac in the Morning http://herablehands.com/2007/05/24/lilac-in-the-morning/ in the garden, in the kitchen and on the page Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Angelina http://herablehands.com/2007/05/24/lilac-in-the-morning/#comment-41227 Angelina Sat, 26 May 2007 23:43:32 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2007/05/24/lilac-in-the-morning/#comment-41227 Don't the native bees pollinate the lilacs? I have lilac dreams. They grow phenomenally well around here and everyone has one or two except for me. I planned on planting one this year, but, well, you know, it just keeps slipping away from my mind until it's too late. the good news is that a good friend of mine has a bunch of lilac volunteers sprouting up along the root line so she's going to dig up a couple of them to give to me. Maybe next year you'll have the time to plant your lilac ring. Don’t the native bees pollinate the lilacs? I have lilac dreams. They grow phenomenally well around here and everyone has one or two except for me. I planned on planting one this year, but, well, you know, it just keeps slipping away from my mind until it’s too late.

the good news is that a good friend of mine has a bunch of lilac volunteers sprouting up along the root line so she’s going to dig up a couple of them to give to me.

Maybe next year you’ll have the time to plant your lilac ring.

]]> By: kelly http://herablehands.com/2007/05/24/lilac-in-the-morning/#comment-40966 kelly Thu, 24 May 2007 14:49:18 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2007/05/24/lilac-in-the-morning/#comment-40966 Steven, that's going to be an impressive fence line in another ten years! I've noticed the same thing around here about the european honeybees. I'm afraid. Steven, that’s going to be an impressive fence line in another ten years! I’ve noticed the same thing around here about the european honeybees. I’m afraid.

]]> By: steven http://herablehands.com/2007/05/24/lilac-in-the-morning/#comment-40960 steven Thu, 24 May 2007 13:00:46 +0000 http://herablehands.com/2007/05/24/lilac-in-the-morning/#comment-40960 One of the first things I did when I moved into this house was head out to a now-closed lilac nursery and bought ten one-gallon lilacs to plant along the fence line. Three years later they're all about four feet tall and after a couple years of patchy blooms, they bloomed in earnest. The smell is fantastic, but it comes with a bit of concern because I haven't seen a single european honeybee, only the smaller native bees and a few carpenter bees. One of the first things I did when I moved into this house was head out to a now-closed lilac nursery and bought ten one-gallon lilacs to plant along the fence line. Three years later they’re all about four feet tall and after a couple years of patchy blooms, they bloomed in earnest. The smell is fantastic, but it comes with a bit of concern because I haven’t seen a single european honeybee, only the smaller native bees and a few carpenter bees.

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