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 ...

Learning how to prune a lilac bush is one of the keys to growing strong, healthy shrubs that look good and bloom every year. Lilacs aren't delicate or needy, but pruning them the right way is how you ...

Cutting off dead and damaged wood and controlling the number of stems on the shrub are vital to lilac care. Left unpruned, mature lilacs become choked with old wood and deadwood and produce few ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Davis / Getty Images Lilacs should be pruned annually as part of your spring/summer garden maintenance checklist. If your ...

What you need to do when the blooming season ends to make sure next year’s crop thrives. Light pruning of dead or damaged lilac branches should be done right after flowering finishes, but there’s an ...

Lilacs are an icon of spring, blooming in shades from deep purple to pale lavender to white all over the Chicago area. Yet lilac bushes can be monsters. Hardy and resilient, a lilac can live for many ...

CORVALLIS — The lush fragrance of lilacs defines late spring. These beauties are as durable as they are lovely. They are cold hardy, city-tough and not picky about soil. They make vigorous tall ...

Between now and the end of June is the best time of year to tend to lilac bushes. So I thought it would be good to address some commonly asked questions. Q: My lilac hasn’t bloomed since the first ...

InForum gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers why a kohlrabi has begun growing bulges, the best time to prune lilacs and where to get soil tested. A reader asks gardening columnist Don Kinzler why ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July isn't a month we usually associate with pruning, but there are a few popular garden perennials that rely on a midsummer cut.

This reblooming shrub brings color to the garden in mid to late spring. Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta Lilac lovers often feel that the lilac bloom cycle is just too short. Lilac bushes bloom for about ...