Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum

General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: nichola on September 30, 2014, 15:05:05 PM

Title: Lilac trees
Post by: nichola on September 30, 2014, 15:05:05 PM

Has anyone ever seen lilac trees at any of the local garden centres?

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: Rindaloo on September 30, 2014, 18:12:39 PM

We bought one at Saffet Yagli's (Ovacik).  I suspect they aren't entirely same as ones in UK and ours is slow to get going (we have had it a year or more).

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: nichola on September 30, 2014, 21:20:03 PM

I wonder if I can choose what I want and they can order it in for me. I read they take 4-5 years to really get going and quite a lot to consider when planting I noticed when looking at sites on how to care for them. Don't over fertilise, water regularly if no rain, no grass around them to quite a wide area, plenty of sun and that's just what I remember off the top of my head.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: Scunner on September 30, 2014, 21:33:23 PM

My mum had a lilac tree/bush whatever and it was like a bloody triffid! Getting going didn't seem to be a problem for it.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: Rindaloo on October 07, 2014, 13:22:58 PM

See, I dont think the Turkish lolac is quite the same as what's in the UK.  Certainly this one seems weedier and the flowers arent as beautifully scented.  But I have high hopes for it in the future.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: nichola on April 21, 2015, 21:31:36 PM

Does anyone know, KKOB maybe, the Turkish for bone meal. I was delighted to discover I already have an established lilac tree in the garden but it looks like it needs some tlc and someone tonight suggested bone meal as something they had tried in the past with outstanding results.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: KKOB on April 22, 2015, 07:38:10 AM

Nichola, try the little shop along the back of the Everyday Fruit & Veg Market. He might not understand bonemeal but he'll definitely know fertiliser. Take a photo of the tree or a leaf with you.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: tiggsy on April 22, 2015, 09:34:50 AM

Have you tried the heart of town?

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: nichola on April 22, 2015, 10:09:05 AM

what's the heart of town tiggsy   :)

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on April 22, 2015, 14:58:24 PM

I started a Lilac tree off in a pot, it was a small tree.  I kept changing the pot for a bigger one and fed the plant once a week on Miracle Grown.  In 3 years it is now been transplanted into the garden.  I will continue with the once a week feed.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: cobbydalers on April 22, 2015, 16:24:36 PM

Nicola we live inBucak outside Uzumlu and I planted lilac trees 4 years ago in pots, this year they are full of flower and smell lovely think they are ready to be planted in the ground now. Got them all quite easily at different garden centres and not expensive, my white one flowers later.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: KKOB on April 22, 2015, 17:22:27 PM

Bonemeal is basically calcium and phosphurus or phosphate so, any combination of that will be similar. You may be able to improve the conditions just by removing the top couple of inches of soil in a 1 metre diameter around the tree and replacing it with fresh topsoil.

Title: Re: Lilac trees
Post by: c1 on May 12, 2015, 20:10:32 PM

I would have thought the sun to fierce in calis for lilac to flourish, maybe better in the mountains.