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Miss Kim Korean Lilac. Your climate might be too cold for this plant: This upright, compact lilac blooms later than others, extending the season with deep purple buds that reveal clusters of highly fragrant, lavender-blue flowers. Foliage is burgundy-tinged in fall.
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- 'Miss Kim' Lilac Care
- Types of Syringa Pubescence Lilac
- Pruning
- Propagating 'Miss Kim' Lilac
- How to Grow 'Miss Kim' Lilac from Seed
- Potting and Repotting 'Miss Kim' Lilac
- Overwintering
- Common Pests & Plant Diseases
- How to Get 'Miss Kim' Lilac to Bloom
- Common Problems with 'Miss Kim' Lilac
Choose a landscape location that enjoys full sun and well-drained soil, dig a hole that is at least twice as wide and as deep as the nursery container, place the shrub in the center of the hole, and backfill around the root ball with soil. Water thoroughly and apply a mulch of wood bark or compost around the plant, making sure the mulch does not to...
Here are two other popular cultivars in theS. pubescensspecies: 1. S. pubescens subsp. julianae 'Hers' has a weeping tree form with mauve flowers. 2. S. pubescens subsp. microphylla 'Superba'features deep rosy-pink flowers. Also known as the littleleaf lilac, it sometimes re-blooms in late summer or fall.
Because 'Miss Kim' doesn't produce suckers like Syringa vulgaris does, landscape maintenance is reduced because you don't have to remove suckers to keep the plant contained. Deadheadingblooms after they fade will increase blooming the following year as well encourage as possible reblooming in the current year. 'Miss Kim' lilacs require less pruning...
Like other lilacs, 'Miss Kim' is most easily propagated with young softwood cuttings. Late spring or early summer is the best time to begin propagation by taking cuttings from the tips of actively growing stems. Here's how to do it: 1. Using sharp pruners, take four- to six-inch-long cuttings from a new growth stem. 2. Strip off the bottom leaves a...
Growing lilacs from the seeds you collect from the dried flower heads is possible but is not very practical. It can take as long as five years for a plant started from seed to reach flowering maturity. Further complicating the issue is that hybrid lilacs (though 'Miss Kim' is not one of them) do not produce seeds that come true to the parent plant....
Lilac shrubs are not a typical choice for container culture, but as a slow-growing and relatively small lilac species, 'Miss Kim' can be container-grown. Use a large, heavy, deep pot at least 12 inches in diameter. A terra-cotta or ceramic planter will be sufficiently heavy to resist blowing over. Because most potting mixes are somewhat acidic due ...
When planted in its established hardiness range, 'Miss Kim' does not require any special winter cold protection. Young plants can be susceptible to winter gnawing damage by rabbits and rodents, so shielding them with a cage made of metal hardware cloth can protect a shrub during its formative years. Once well established, the shrub will no longer n...
'Miss Kim' lilac has good resistance to most of the pest and disease problems that can plague other lilac species, such as powdery mildew. It can be somewhat susceptible to fungal leaf spots, which can be treated with a fungicide and prevented by careful pruning that opens up the inside of the shrub to good air circulation. Less commonly, extremely...
"Miss Kim' usually will flower for several weeks in late spring to early summer. Like most lilacs, the most common reason for lack of blooms is that the plants aren't receiving enough direct sunlight. 'Miss Kim' is also very sensitive to soil moisture, requiring a "just right" level of water—not too much, not too little—in order to bloom well. Some...
This shrub has very few serious problems, which is one of the reasons it is so popular as a landscape plant. But although it grows fairly slowly, 'Miss Kim' will eventually become overgrown, which will cause reduced blossoming. When this happens, a good hard rejuvenation pruning, in which all the older stems—or even the entire shrub—is cut back to ...
'Miss Kim' is a compact, upright cultivar which grows 4-7' tall with a similar spread. Lavender to ice blue, sweetly fragrant, single flowers are arranged in dense, terminal clusters (panicles to 3" long) which cover this shrub in May (St. Louis).
Resistant to powdery mildew, Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim' is a low-maintenance lilac that blooms abundantly in late spring with fragrant lavender to ice blue flowers.
'Miss Kim Lilac' attracts butterflies and hummingbirds and is deer resistant. This compact shrub has three seasons of interest and would be a good selection for small landscape areas. It may be used as a specimen, mixed border, hedge, or group plantings.
The Miss Kim lilac (Syringa pubescens subsp. patula) is a subspecies of lilac which was categorized by Elwyn M. Meader while stationed in Korea as an army horticulturalist. It was supposedly named after Elwyn M. Meader's Korean helper, whose name was "Kim". This species is endemic to the areas of Korea and Northeast China.
'Miss Kim' is known for its prolific fragrant ice-blue flower panicles and more dense, compact habit. Powdery mildew resistant. Very low maintenance. Heat tolerant, so grows better in warmer climates than other lilacs. Also known as Syringa patula 'Miss Kim'.
