Dwarfs Miss Lilac

[CarpenterDiaz7]

Hello everyone, I just received this dwarf miss lilac tree. From what I’ve gathered online it says to repot in the summer. I am in northeast New Hampshire to be exact and was wondering what to do with it this first year.

* wait till summer, repot pot it minor root work and trim
* leave as is and up pot it to a bigger nursery pot and trim in summer as scheduled and repot next spring?

What are your recommendations for this 2nd year new tree noob?!

Thank in advance,
Best,
Carlos

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Cute little lilac. I have a dwarf too, Slip pot into the next size nursery can with matching media to get strong.

Then have fun doing a light clip and grow a couple times this year to clean up the branching and work on taper.

Likely keep it in the nursery pot until spring.

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[yashu]

I have a small lilac similar to yours that I hope to develop. The cultivar is called Nedeszda Hope and right now I’m debating whether try to ground grow it for a while or not.

Check out this thread, it’s been recently updated and shows progress and a great lilac;

https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/small-leaf-lilac-ready-for-the-show.

@leatherback might have some tips for
You going forward, not sure if he has any videos on his lilac but his YT content is very good.

 

[leatherback]

I find these very hesitant to close cutwounds. So as you progress developing this, it is better to cut back more frequently, with smaller cuts rather than grow a big sacrifice with a big resulting cut. If watered and fertilized well, these can be quite happy growers, and they take well to wiring outside the growing season.