I have a dwarf lilac in my front yard that we planted 8 years ago. It has been growing and flowering very nicely. Today I noticed that we have a few "volunteers" near the lilac, each about a foot away from the original tree. They are about a foot high and have some leaves on top.
I would like to relocate these baby trees but I'm afraid of killing them! I'm really not a gardener at all. How can I move the plants safely?
What I have heard and think is right, so correct me out there if I am wrong!, is that suckering, which is what lilacs do and you have observed, is okay but to keep the stand clean looking you can sever the babies off and replant. Unless it is a very picky lilac; but as a whole, this plant is very very forgiving and generous. Try to do this after blooming, to give the plant energy for its blooming, but I think they are so sturdy that you might be able to do it anytime. So go find a file and sharpen that shovel edge, drive it straight down through the extension root...or dig up a root ball....
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Ellen in PA
"God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of love, power, and a sound mind."
I love lilacs..never see any down here and miss the smell and beauty of them..
Down here you can call your local Extension Service and they will tell you how to plant, spray, and care for any plant you may have....The one in Orlando even has the agent on the local news program giving advice and answering questions ...
So if Ellen's system doesn't work you can try them....
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...I was hosting a playgroup yesterday and asked my friend, Shannon, how her lilacs were coming along. Last year (maybe 2 years ago now) she dug up some of the "suckers" from my lilac bush and transplanted them into her own yard. She simply dug up a couple of them (with their roots, of course) and stuck them in her yard where she wanted them. She didn't treat the roots or do any special soil preparation. They are coming along fine. She says she's done this before. Good luck. It doesn't hurt to try. -Karen
Of course my system will work! Of course you have to do what I do to make it work. Because 50% of what I plant looks green, and the other 50% not such a great shade of green but a wonderful one of brown...take twice as many roots when you do go to transplant (sorry, sick sense of humor, but really, this is what I do from long years of yardening!) I don't have a green thumb, I have a persistent thumb.
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Ellen in PA
"God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of love, power, and a sound mind."
God's speed.
Ellen in PA 
If Ellen's system doesn't work I won't need to call them, because I will have 3 dead trees 
Wow! We were just talking about this.... 
-Karen
