Rescued Lilac

Last October, I wrote about how we rescued this lilac bush from an ad we saw on Freecycle.  When we transplanted it, I was pretty worried about the trauma of digging it out of the ground and planting it in our yard.  I thought it might be too much stress for the lilac bush since we had to cut off a lot of the roots to remove it out of the ground.  It was so well established and the roots were really entrenched in the ground.  Well, this plant truly bounced back this spring and started growing buds.  And look at it now!  It's blooming!  I can't begin to tell you how incredibly happy I am that we were able to successfully rescue this plant!  Look at this gorgeous bloom!

There are only 3 blooms on this bush.  I wish there were more, but there are so few blooms because when we removed the bush out of the ground, we had to prune it back a lot so that it could fit in the car.  I think we pruned off some of the branches that would of had buds.  I'm crossing my fingers for more lilac flowers next year!

Happy Happy Joy Joy

I'm doing a little happy dance right now!  Why?  Well, back in October, I saw that someone in Brooklyn was giving away their lilac bush that they had in their backyard.  They were re-landscaping their yard and did not want the lilac any longer.  I love, love, love lilacs, and so I convinced my husband into going with me to dig it up from their yard and re-locate the bush into our yard.  The process wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, here's the story about that how we got this lilac.  Seeing these buds on the lilac makes it all worthwhile!  I was so worried that the plant wouldn't survive the transplant.  We literally had to dig and pull it out of the ground, and it had well established roots, and we had to cut a lot of the roots to remove it.  It was backbreaking work, but seeing these buds makes me so very happy.

I spied a lot of new buds, and can't wait until it gets warmer to see how well it does.  I feel so ecstatic that we were able to rescue this plant. Now if I can only be patient enough to watch it bloom.  I am bad at waiting!