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Browning off of blossom

little Polllittle Poll Posts: 49
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I have a small pink syringa, planted in a large pot. It has grown well and gave three soft pink flower spikes, all well! I sprinkled a general powder shrub feed and watered as before. I was away for 6 days, when I returned, two of the flower spikes had brown at the end a the blossom flower and now the third is turning too. The shrub itself is looking good, no problem with the leaves or bark.
what should I do?

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Could it just be the natural dieing off of the blooms, when they finish flowering?
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  • little Polllittle Poll Posts: 49
    It seemed sudden and every flower of the spike at the same time. I thought the flower blooms should last a lot longer than two weeks?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That seems about the right length of time for lilac ... especially when we've had a lot of sun.  

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  • little Polllittle Poll Posts: 49
    Thank you both, I guess I just cut them off?
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Yep, just cut them off.
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