Lilac-Time

"The common lilac

will not open it's buds

until it is safe to do so.

Which is why

the flowering

 can vary by as much

 as three weeks

from

 one season to another,

and the farmer

or gardener 

who takes phenology 

for his guide

will watch for the flowering"

- Eleanor Perenyi,

 Green Thoughts, 1981 - 

"There are 5

 well-defined phenophases

 in field lilac development....

There are

 sensitive responses

 to the temperature

of air and soil."

"Stage 4

 is the time to sow 

warm weather crops 

such as

 beans and cucumbers"

- Lilacs for the garden -

by Jennifer Bennett

A Firefly Book 2002

All quotes came from the above book 

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