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 ...
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 ...
Pruning lilacs after flowering can mean the difference between bare branches and clouds of bloom next spring – are you timing ...
Joe Swift, presenter of Gardeners’ World, shared his top tips for pruning lilacs and highlighted nine of the "finest" ...
Q: We have a large tree-form lilac that needs to be trimmed back quite significantly. I can’t trim very far before I cut off a lot of leaves. What’s the best way to do this? Should I be concerned that ...
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These 5 plants need pruning in May, and what to leave alone this month
An expert guide to plants to prune in May, including spring-flowering shrubs, perennials, and evergreens, together with those ...
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 ...
April is a good time for pruning shrubs, but you need to do a little reconnaissance before getting out the loppers because when you prune can affect flowering. Homegrown New Hampshire host Emma Erler, ...
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