Why are lilacs suppose to be kept out of sprinkler-water for the first year & how to accomplish this?

I bought some lilacs %26amp; the instructions were to keep them out


of the sprinkers since my yard has sprinkers covering the front %26amp; back yard I don%26#039;t know what to do about this.One of my plants was %26#039;hit%26#039; with a sprinker %26amp; died.I don%26#039;t understand


why since evidently rain has no harmful affects.

Why are lilacs suppose to be kept out of sprinkler-water for the first year %26amp; how to accomplish this?
It probably wasn%26#039;t the %26quot;hit%26quot; with the sprinkler that caused the death of the lilac. Lilacs are quite drought resistant and don%26#039;t like wet conditions.





One of the diseases common to the lilac is powdery mildew. Too much humidity leads to this problem.





Normally, most lilacs don%26#039;t need anything more than normal rainfall. Well drained soil is a must for successful health and blooms.





Short of a plywood barrier a few feet away from your plants to prevent over watering the lilacs, I cannot think of any easy way to avoid over watering with the sprinklers.





Perhaps, amending the soil in which they are planted might be useful. Creating an well drained soil for the plants might be a step in the right direction.
Reply:My sister-in-law kept her tomatoes protected with an umbrella mounted on a pole. She had a large plastic bag inverted over the umbrella. When the sprinklers went on the plastic was rolled down protecting the plant, in the morning she rolled it back up and it stayed over the umbrella which she could close or open depending on weather.



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