Talk:Syringa

message: The article Joseph Hers is a stub about a botanist who discovered several new varieties of lilac, some have been named after him. If anyone has any refs to this or can name any of the species, please add this information to the Joseph Hers article. Thanks. Alf melmac 09:52, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Joseph Hers]]

message: Wait, I thought Lilac was a California plant. That's what it said in my wildflowers book.  Maybe native to California and similar climates in Europe? Help!
:Ceanothus spp.--Wetman (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Native to California? 

message: The list is pretty disruptive to the article.  Maybe move it to the end, side or its own article?  Kborer 00:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move species list? 

message: The following information was deleted by someone who doesn't know how lilacs are pruned:
:Lilacs have a tendency to bloom very luxuriantly, but in alternate years. Since lilacs have no autumn color, are often unsightly in late summer because of harmless powdery mildew, and offer no berries nor winter interest, pruning lilacs to encourage a dependable annual display is essential. The right moment is immediately after the blooms have faded, before seed production can set in. All the young wood that has just bloomed is cut back to a strong upward- or outward-facing woody crotch or to a promising strong green side shoot of the current season's growth. Leggy, weak growth is cut out and "water shoots" springing from the roots are cleanly cut as close to the root as possible. Old overgrown lilac clumps are progressively renewed in the course of a few years by cutting out thick, unproductive trunks a few at a time during winter dormancy.
Wise readers of Wikipedia read the Talkpages too. --Wetman (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pruning

message: Our pet rabbit seems to like munching on the flowers, so I went out on the 'web looking to see if this was safe. Several web pages seemed to suggest lilacs have some sort of metabolic poison, but none of them were very clear on the issue. Does anyone know for sure one way or the other? It would be a good addition to the page. Maury (talk) 13:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poisonous? 

message: Just browsing on through here, and a n00b to editing, but I'm pretty sure that a plant that has "fertile stamens and stigma in each flower" is not asexual. However, I really don't know much about plant reproduction so I wouldn't know what to replace that term with. Perhaps someone who knows better can do it. 70.67.68.126 (talk) 00:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw this and was of the same opinion. I followed the plant sexuality link and according to that article, bisexual, perfect, hermaphrodite, monoclinous and synoecious would all be appropriate terms. I rarely edit, but seeing this comment has been here since January I will make the correction. Vanwaffle (talk) 13:41, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asexual? 

message: The current version of the Syringa page links to Language of flowers as a reference, but contradicts the current version of Language of flowers.
This looks like the change that caused the disagreement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syringa&diff=prev&oldid=252487573 --41.245.144.66 (talk) 13:32, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language of flowers 

message: I recenlty uploaded some new photos of Syringa microphylla 'Superba', below. Although I can see this article has many photos already, feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 19:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos of Superba 

message: Under the "Cultivation and uses" section, the first paragraph ends with "Lilacs will grow in a wide variety of soil types and prefer neutral to slightly acidic soil," while the second paragraph terminates by claiming "Lilacs generally grow better in slightly alkaline soil." Can someone clear up these competing claims?
Qafsiel (talk) 16:25, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soil preference? 

message: It would be interesting if a map could be provided that shows the native range of the common lilac.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.151.233 (talk) 06:45, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Native range 

message: Suggestion - weren't these the flower type that Kirlian as-of Kirlian photography used as one of his trademark / early proof-in-concept demonstrations?
That incidentally, also got confused / incorporated into UFO/aliens myth?
might worth a mention.  Weird/interesting bit of history / minor de-bunking value? 120.18.62.115 (talk) 05:05, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion