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Plant ID please!

GlenjjonesGlenjjones Posts: 146
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hi can anyone tell me what this is please?

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  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Wild guess. A lilac bush "syringa" ???
    I'm probably wrong 😄.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Lilac Syringa vulgaris
  • GlenjjonesGlenjjones Posts: 146
    It has “bunches” of small white flowers in spring and there are a lot of shoots coming up from the ground around it. Not sure if that makes a difference! I’ll google the Lilac Stringa Vulgaris now. Thanks.
  • GlenjjonesGlenjjones Posts: 146
    Looks like google agrees guys. Thanks! How is best to prune it, and how can I maximise the flowering, as it only seems to produce a few flower trusses each year. Will this improve as it matures?
    Could some of the small shoots at its base be self seeded saplings? If so could I dig them up and replant instead of pruning them off?
    sorry for all the questions!
  • Arthur1Arthur1 Posts: 542
    Probably not worth growing on from seedlings as they will have small flowers. Your plant may itself be a seedling. If the flowers don't look like much then no amount of pruning will change them. They need to be vegetatively propagated to get the best cultivars. If it were mine I would be tempted to remove it and replace with a named cultivar.
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