{"id":2509,"date":"2019-10-30T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-284\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T11:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:29:15","slug":"transplanting-lilac-trees","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/transplanting-lilac-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"transplanting lilac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I have a dark purple lilac tree growing on the north side of my home. It does not get a lot of sunlight. I am wondering about replanting it somewhere else in the yard. When can I do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lilacs should be able to tolerate moderate shade, according to <i>The Plant Care Manual<\/i> by Stefan Buczacki (Crown Publishers, 1993). You can move it to a sunnier location to see if it will thrive there.<\/p>\n<p>The best time to transplant a lilac is before it leafs out (late winter, when it is dormant) but apparently they are somewhat tolerant of being moved at less-than-ideal times. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org\/forums\/showthread.php?t=20410\">University of British Columbia Botanical Garden<\/a> discussion forum also recommends transplanting lilacs in dormancy. Blooming should not be affected, unless your bush is already leafed out and in bud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a dark purple lilac tree growing on the north side of my home. It does not get a lot of sunlight. I am wondering about replanting it somewhere else in the yard. When can I do this? Lilacs should be able to tolerate moderate shade, according to The Plant Care Manual by Stefan Buczacki (Crown Publishers, 1993). You can move it to a sunnier location to see if it will thrive there. The best time to transplant a&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/transplanting-lilac-trees\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">transplanting lilac<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[32,234,35],"class_list":["post-2509","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-shrubs-care-and-maintenance","keyword-syringa","keyword-transplanting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}