Is This A Lilac??? (Added New Pics!)

[maple]

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Well it actually depends on the type, because I've had small lilac dwarf shrubs, although it's probably not likely that it's one of those. But it's no big deal to move it. I guess I'll wait until I am sure what it is, so that I can put it in an ideal spot.

Supposedly they planted "dwarf" lilacs in front of the front porch at my old house but they still grew right up to the roof/gutters and obstructed the view and had to be hacked down 2x a year....fall and spring. I noticed the flowers were different...smaller and lighter looking then the old lilac next to the garage that had been there for years with dark purple flowers as opposed to the light lilac color of the ones in front. I'm not sure what exactly was supposed to be "dwarf" about them. ha ha ha...

 

[Laurajean]

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I definitely know that this bush is NOT a lilac, I have common lilacs around my house, so I know the different between those bushes.

There are many more varieties of Lilacs then just the ones shown, as I said, if she waits til spring, she will know for sure!

There are a lot of varieties of lilacs and the leafs all look quite different. I tried to compare with my neighbors' lilacs, and he had three different lilac bushes all with VERY different leaves, color, texture and size.

 

[Laurajean]

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Well it actually depends on the type, because I've had small lilac dwarf shrubs, although it's probably not likely that it's one of those. But it's no big deal to move it. I guess I'll wait until I am sure what it is, so that I can put it in an ideal spot.

Supposedly they planted "dwarf" lilacs in front of the front porch at my old house but they still grew right up to the roof/gutters and obstructed the view and had to be hacked down 2x a year....fall and spring. I noticed the flowers were different...smaller and lighter looking then the old lilac next to the garage that had been there for years with dark purple flowers as opposed to the light lilac color of the ones in front. I'm not sure what exactly was supposed to be "dwarf" about them. ha ha ha...

Hmm, that's funny. I had a dwarf lilac that really was as it said, a cute little round shrub. Never got big or overgrown at all, kept a nice round shape. I moved in the winter and wasn't able to take it with me. I've always missed it and would love to replace it.

 

[Laurajean]

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There are many more varieties of Lilacs then just the ones shown, as I said, if she waits til spring, she will know for sure!

There are a lot of varieties of lilacs and the leafs all look quite different. I tried to compare with my neighbors' lilacs, and he had three different lilac bushes all with VERY different leaves, color, texture and size.

To be honest, I still say it looks more like a lilac than anything suggested so far.

 

[maple]

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Supposedly they planted "dwarf" lilacs in front of the front porch at my old house but they still grew right up to the roof/gutters and obstructed the view and had to be hacked down 2x a year....fall and spring. I noticed the flowers were different...smaller and lighter looking then the old lilac next to the garage that had been there for years with dark purple flowers as opposed to the light lilac color of the ones in front. I'm not sure what exactly was supposed to be "dwarf" about them. ha ha ha...

Hmm, that's funny. I had a dwarf lilac that really was as it said, a cute little round shrub. Never got big or overgrown at all, kept a nice round shape. I moved in the winter and wasn't able to take it with me. I've always missed it and would love to replace it.

They must have mistaken what they planted then because no way would they have intentionally planted full grown lilacs that would completely remove the view from the 3 season porch...hence they said in thier draw up...dwarf lilacs and dwarf boxwoods...the boxwoods are dwarf most certainly...the lilacs? mmm...not so much. But I suppose mistakes can happen. They had cleared the area in the front to plant and then my dad died...this was my childhood home...so we called them to postpone it till after the funeral since we would have people coming and going and relatives from the east coast and didn't want workers in the way of it all...but anyway, they ended up sending a rubber plant to dad's funeral...I kept it alive for a long time and then all of a sudden it went hollow and died.

Then last winter 2 bushes that did well, died all of a sudden after 10 years..that they planted. Makes me wonder if it was just the winter or something to do with the river birch tree that is failing right next to the plantings?

anyway...babbling on and on....

 

[AhBee01]

Take the leaf and hold it on both sides and pull it apart. If it has spider web like strands it is some kind of dog wood bush.
Like this, scroll down to the third pic!
http://firstways.com/2010/10/09/dogwood-tree-edible-fruits/

I'm not saying you have this kind of dogwood, it just had a great example of how to check the leaf!

This site has some great pic to compare! Good luck! My lilac was planted 4 years ago, and it just bloomed, but there was only one bloom



http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/tree_index.htm#ro_dogwood

 

[Laurajean]

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Okay, I tried it with a couple of the leaves. No stringy web like things at all, it was just a clean rip. Smelled like fresh cut grass, but that's it.

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

One way to eliminate genus/species of trees and shrubs is to use a Dichotomous Key. It will walk you through the process without guessing. It is a much more reliable way to identify then with pictures.

Botany 101, you may have to go to the library for a more complete key, I am not sure how good the online ones are....they did not have Internet when I was in college!

http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/tree-key/simple-leaf-trees.htm

 

[sharron]

looks like my mil's mock orange, little white flowers that smell like heaven

 

[sharron]

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should have also said, blooms in the summer on, blooms are about the size of a quarter, and the bush can get quite large, hers is about 10' tall and about 8' wide but like i said, it smells wonderful