A blooming yellow lilac creates an amazingly picturesque picture in the garden, which looks very impressive in combination with other decorative shrubs covered with simple or double inflorescences. Yellow panicles, exuding a pleasant aroma, catch the eye of passers-by with their uniqueness.

Grade description

Yellow lilac "Primrose" is the only variety of lilac ordinary yellow in color, which Dutch breeders worked on. The plant is characterized by a fast pace of development, growing by 30 cm annually. The maximum height of the bush is 3.5 m. Leaf-shaped heart-shaped plates are painted in dark green. Lush lilac bushes are most decorative when flowering, when green buds collected in panicle inflorescences blossom. The bush blooms with a soft yellow color, turning white under the rays of the bright sun, in late spring - early summer.

How to plant a plant on the site?

The shrub grows best in sunny and slightly shaded places that are not blown by drafts. Soil prefers light, loose with a good nutrient layer.

If the garden is dominated by acidic soils, then they should definitely be made. The optimal pH of the soil is between 5.0 and 6.0.

Planting lilacs is carried out in the second half of the summer season in compliance with a number of simple rules:

  1. A landing pit is being prepared, the dimensions of which should be no less than 50x50 cm. (If the soil is poor, the depth and width of the hole are doubled).
  2. In the case of a group landing between future specimens, a distance of 1 - 1.5 m is maintained.
  3. Broken brick or crushed stone is placed in the pit as a drainage layer, which will protect the plant's root system from stagnation of water.
  4. A fertile substrate is prepared from compost with the addition of a small amount of azofoska and wood ash.
  5. Drainage is sprinkled with a soil mixture on which a seedling is set.
  6. The pit is filled with the remaining substrate.
  7. The earth around the trunk is crushed, watered and mulched with sawdust.

Outdoor Care

In order for lilac seedlings to quickly take root and turn into lush bushes covered with fragrant flowers of a unique color, it is necessary to organize competent and comprehensive care.

  • Watering. One of the advantages of Primrose lilac is drought tolerance. Adult specimens can be quite content with natural rainfall, which is very pleasing to gardeners, rarely visiting the country, where lilac bushes are planted. But young, immature plants are recommended to be watered periodically, avoiding overflows, which can lead to the development of fungal diseases.
  • Loosening, weeding and mulching. To ensure the required level of soil looseness, the near-stem circle is systematically loosened with the simultaneous removal of weeds. To save time on procedures, you can cover the ground under the bush with a layer of mulch, the periodic renewal of which will also help maintain fertility.
  • Fertilizing and fertilizing. After planting lilacs in a fertile substrate, fertilizing under the bush will be necessary only next spring. Lilac "Primrose" responds well to organics, which plants fertilize in the spring season to build green mass and form a lush crown. To ensure spectacular and prolonged flowering, do not forget about the mineral complexes, which should include phosphorus and potassium. In autumn, the bush is fed with phosphorus-containing agrochemicals that strengthen the immunity of the plant and allow successful overwintering.
  • Preparing for the winter. Young plants for successful wintering are protected from the cold: the soil around the trunk is mulched and covered with fir spruce branches, which will not allow the root system to freeze. Adult bushes, characterized by good frost resistance, do not need such protection.

Pruning yellow lilac Primrose after flowering

The yellow variety must be cut after the flowering phase is complete. The procedure in which dried inflorescences are removed should be carried out with extreme caution, which will avoid injuring the upper part of last year's shoots, where flower buds are located.

Sanitary pruning, in which dry and thickening crown shoots are cut, is carried out only in the spring before the sap flow begins.

Plant propagation methods

Varietal shrubs to preserve the characteristics of the maternal specimen are propagated vegetatively.

Since the cuttings are poorly rooted, the most productive technique is reproduction by layering, in which:

  1. A young, but already lignified shoot is selected, which fits into the groove in the trunk circle.
  2. The layer is pinned and sprinkled with earth.
  3. When shoots appear from the kidneys, the layers are separated from the maternal specimen and divided into parts, each of which has its own roots and shoots.
  4. Plots are planted at a permanent place of growth in the first half of autumn.

Pest and Disease Control Methods

Lilac Primrose is resistant to damage by harmful organisms.

However, under adverse weather conditions or illiterate care on the bushes, the following diseases may develop:

  • Powdery Mildew When a white coating of loose structure appears on the shoots of lilac, it is necessary to immediately remove the affected parts, and then treat the plant with fungicide.
  • Verticillin wilt. Fungal disease, in which leaf plates curl up and become covered with brown spots.To stop the development of the disease, which begins with the top of the lilac bush, the plant should be treated with a fungicidal preparation.
  • Bacterial rot. Coping with the disease, which manifests itself in the form of wet, fast-growing spots, leading to drying of the shoots, will help spraying with copper-containing agents.

Among the pests that sometimes attack the Primrose variety, there are:

  • Lilac hawthorn. Caterpillars of a butterfly leading a nocturnal lifestyle can cause irreparable harm to the decorative qualities of lilacs, if you do not spray the shoots with the appropriate toxic chemicals in a timely manner.
  • Lilac moth. The pest larvae feed on leaves, leaving only the streaks intact. To preserve the decorative appearance of the plant, the crown should be treated with an insecticide.
  • Lilac leaf mite. To cope with a sucking pest that feeds on the juice of leaf plates, processing with copper sulphate or other means of a similar composition will help.

Use in landscape design

Rare lilacs are often used by landscape designers:

  • to create flowering fences;
  • in the formation of flower-shrubby compositions in the front gardens;
  • as a single landing for highlighting the main entrances to administrative institutions and private possessions.

The Primrose variety, distinguished by its simplicity of care, will decorate the site with lush yellow inflorescences, making it unique and very cozy.

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