Lilacs in the field pictures from my Picture Newsletter by andyvancleve of www.floweringshrubfarm.com Pictures and comments copied from my newsletter (find links on my home page). As I edit the statistics report from my server I update web pages with particular activity adding new pictures and comments from the picture-newsletter.

On the left is 'Monge' and on the right is 'Aucubaefolia' (00510rowofaucubaefolia051009.jpg). I try to show each crop of lilacs in its row each month in the newsletter. Crop 307

We are labeling those in flower with inventory labels and taking closeup pictures of the flower, then saving the picture using the inventory number (00510rowofejgardner051009.jpg). This row is of 'Edward J Gandner' French Lilac. Crop 307

In March of 2009 we emptied the row on the left that was formerly occupied with a hundred 'Ludwig Spaeth' Lilacs (00510rowsoflilacsempty051009.jpg). Crop 307

Lilacs in field showing a lilac that was tagged this previous May to be transplanted next March (082709). If you click this picture you can read the number on the inventory label (11_337). You can look the number up at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/label06.htm and you'll see a picture of the flower taken last May. Its an 'Edward J Gardner' French Lilac with pink flowers. After removing a tagged plant from the field in March we cut it back to promote better branching but maintain a picture of its flower on the web site to prove the variety. AA August

00000lilacsinfield080809small.jpg This will be added to the growing page at www.floweringshrubfarm.com/growing.htm In May as lilacs bloom I label each flowering plant with an individually numbered tag and take a closeup picture of the flower and number so it can be saved in my web site under that individual number. Then, plants with fewer that three stems are cut back. The following March we move them to the plant sale location and repot into a 7 gallon pot to be available for sale at $30 each. You can verify the variety by looking at the number tag and checking the picture, saved as that number in my web site. If you click this picture you can see Lilacs, no longer in bloom, but a yellow number tag peaking fro foliage on the left of the mowing strip. AA August