Common Lilac Hardwood

Occasionally used for small turned projects such as pens and bowls as well as carved items.

Common lilac hardwood. It can cause contamination. You see i have put the stem into the bottle of the gel this is not recommended. The common lilac syringa vulgaris also known as the french lilac or simply the lilac is a member of the olive oleaceae family its relatives include ash trees jasmine shrubs and vines forsythia bushes and privets. Even though the common lilac is a softwood it is a hard to root species.

The may blooming flowers are typically purple to lilac but cultivars also come. The most widely grown is common lilac syringa vulgaris hardy to u s. The lilac was planted for his late wife s last mother s day so it s very. In the oleaceae family lilac bears at least a distant relation to olive.

It is a bit stronger for semi hardwood cuttings. In this video i show how to propagate hardwood cuttings common lilac in this case using a cheap black storage bin rooting hormone and starter fertil. Lilac wood grows quickly every year sending up new branches while the older branches get thicker. With this information given the primary method of propagation will be stem cuttings.

Woodworkers considered the lilac wood to be a hardwood suitable for carving and musical instruments. The common lilac is an old fashioned long lived and well loved lilac best known for its fragrant flowers. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 7 although some varieties and hybrids are hardy through usda zone 9. I use a small paint brush to cover the length of stem that will be under the growing medium.

Syringa lilac is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family native to woodland and scrub from southeastern europe to eastern asia and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere. Whether you are clearing out old bushes or just trimming in your yard save the wood and use it for heat in a fireplace. The genus is most closely related to ligustrum privet classified with it in oleaceae tribus oleeae subtribus ligustrinae. The common lilac is a popular ornamental landscaping plant that s fairly low maintenance under the right conditions.