Achto 27,574 #1 Posted September 3, 2021 Last month my lilac bushes dropped all of their leaves. I thought this strange but did not think too much about it. Over the last couple of weeks I noticed that they were growing new leaves, again strange but what ever. Today I noticed some thing real surprising. THEY ARE BLOOMING AGAIN, in September. I can't say that I have ever seen this before. Just wondering if anyone else has ever seen this happen? 1 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #2 Posted September 3, 2021 SWMBO thought that I had injured ours last month when I trimmed some branches that wanted to poke my eyes out and scratch my arms when I mowed around it. They too started dropping leaves like crazy... as did the two Mulberry trees on the property edge. I'll look tomorrow to see if they've decided to bloom again. I think it's the end of the world or something. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #3 Posted September 3, 2021 Meh, it's OK... everything is odd these days. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,118 #4 Posted September 3, 2021 My lilacs dropped their leaves 30 yrs. Ago. When I ripped them out! Bad allergies! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,878 #5 Posted September 3, 2021 Blame it on a pandemic and enjoy the bloom! I’ll check ours too. Momma loves it, but I just race circles around it with the zero turn. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,174 #6 Posted September 3, 2021 Don't have Lilacs, but my lawn thinks it's April. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty Tinsnips 477 #7 Posted September 3, 2021 Mine did the exact same thing, strange. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,574 #8 Posted September 3, 2021 Did some reading on this today. Apparently this happens when the lilac's experience a stressful summer. Not sure what stressed them out. Didn't seem like they had any worries to me. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #9 Posted September 3, 2021 Probably Covid. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #10 Posted September 3, 2021 Plus, the whole mask mandate thing. You know that's pretty stressful too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,574 #11 Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Katha Pollitt wrote a poem about this anomaly. http://jumuarblog.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html Edited September 3, 2021 by Achto 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #12 Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Lilacs and poetry on the W-H forum, I'm thinking... that's a first. Edited September 4, 2021 by AMC RULES 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,229 #13 Posted September 4, 2021 13 hours ago, Achto said: Didn't seem like they had any worries to me With all the research being done on vegetation being converted to bio-fuel the may have figured they would be next. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,130 #14 Posted September 4, 2021 That Squonk... always on the cutting edge! 🤣😂🤣😂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,659 #15 Posted September 5, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 6:16 AM, squonk said: My lilacs dropped their leaves 30 yrs. Ago. When I ripped them out! Bad allergies! I don't have any Lilacs but I hate to even drive by when they are blooming. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
