My lilac tree's leaves are taco-ing. Any idea of what may be causing it? This tree was doing just fine for the last decade with her former caregivers who did literally nothing in a yard filled with weeds and clay soil. I'm slowly trying to tackle fixing this yard. I deep water this lilac every couple of weeks. Lilac is in full sun. The soil is absolute garbage clay soil, but I put soil and mulch around the base of the tree in the early spring and cut off a bunch of dead wood and suckers in March. This is the only tree I've got and I don't want it to die. Did I mess up by trying to do nice things for this tree?
by KingOfCatProm
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Hahah, made me laugh out loud! 🌮
Anyway, lilacs don’t do well with too much heat and too much sun. I remember when I was a kid my grandmas lilac was beautiful from spring to fall, lately, as summer starts the leaves either close like this to avoid the too harsh radiation or can’t handle it and outright fry. The weather where you are is probably a bit dryer and a bit hotter than it was in the past, so the plant is suffering. It will come back in spring though. Try to add one more watering during the week, that might help hydrate it a bit more, but no promises.
Edit: oh, you said every couple of weeks, I read couple times a week…start doing the deep watering 2x a week, that should make a difference!