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jwlehman, are you talking about lilies or about lilacs?

The original question said one; your answer says the other.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
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On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:54 PM, jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/18/2011 9:24:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jerrydana5@aol.com writes:
>
> > I have some hybrid Lilacs and there are a couple of suckers growing  
> > up
> > about a foot away.  Will those suckers, if they are transplanted,  
> > grow into
> > hybrid lilacs?  Or regular lilacs? Or nothing?  Jerry in southern  
> > Indiana.
>
> Jerry
>
> I don't remember seeing anyone give their opinion on this.
>
> Lilies aren't grafted but rather propagated by separating the clumps
> (suckers). And unless a mutation occurs the clumps will be as the  
> parent. So yes,
> they will also be hybrids.
>
> The exception here might be: You said the suckers were a foot away.  
> Lilly
> clumps are usually adjacent to the mother plant. Could the hybrid,  
> though
> usually sterile, have produced seed and the seed sprouted a foot  
> away? See if
> there is an underground root connecting the two plants.
>
> Does your hybrid Lilly bear bulbils? If so, that could explain the  
> foot
> separation and if it is the case it should also be a hybrid copy.
>
> Jerry
> (Also southern Indiana)
> __________________