Lilac wood grows quickly every year sending up new branches while the older branches get thicker.
Is lilac a hardwood.
So is lilac considered a hardwood or softwood.
The genus is most closely related to ligustrum privet classified with it in oleaceae tribus oleeae subtribus ligustrinae.
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I use a small paint brush to cover the length of stem that will be under the growing medium.
Depending on the variety lilacs are available in shades of purple violet pink blue magenta white and of course lilac.
It can cause contamination.
You see i have put the stem into the bottle of the gel this is not recommended.
Lilacs are old fashioned favorites in climates with chilly winters valued for their sweet smelling clusters of flamboyant springtime blooms.
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.
Mike kennedy reply to ejmeier 6 years ago thank you very much.
It is a bit stronger for semi hardwood cuttings.
Lilac belongs to the genus syringa and it was as syringa that my small pieces of this wood were marketed to me as part of a set of australian woods i m not certain why syringa was considered an australian wood as the 12 currently recognized species are native to europe and asia but certainly not australia syringa as the widely recognized lilac bush is now.
Reply to mike kennedy 6 years ago it s a hardwood.