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When to Prune Lilacs: How to Get Tons of Flowers

Tips on how and when to prune lilacs to keep your shrub healthy. When to prune lilacs is just as important as how you prune ...
Lilacs should be pruned annually as part of your spring/summer garden maintenance checklist. If your lilac bush is overgrown, it can withstand more rigorous pruning for rejuvenation. Lilac growth is ...
Many plants benefit from some type of pruning, whether it's a conservative reshaping or a harder cut to rejuvenate. One plant that benefits greatly from pruning is the lilac shrub. Over time, lilacs ...
Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...
One of the signature indicators of spring is the gently wafting scent of the common lilac (syringa vulgaris). I look forward to daily checking my mail because of the lilac bush by the mailbox. It is ...
A light-skinned man and a baby inspect a lilac bush in bloom - Olga Zheltonogova/Getty Images When lilacs open their fragrant flowers, it's nature's signal that summer's here. It's hard to have enough ...
That once-cute shrub is now blocking the windows, swallowing the walkway, and testing your patience. Before you dig it out, ...
For about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard comments on the deliciously strong scent emanating from the two lilac shrubs ...
"Nothing lasts forever" can be applied to so many things in this world, but near the top of the list? It's any spring flower that has a short and spectacular bloom cycle. Stream Los Angeles News for ...