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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joe Swift, presenter of Gardeners’ World, shared his top tips for pruning lilacs and highlighted nine of the "finest" ...

Albuquerque gardener explains how to safely prune lilacs and forsythia now, plus tips for roses, green waste pickup and ...

Someone told me to plant zucchini early to avoid problems with squash bugs. Is this true? When should zucchini seeds be planted? Whoever told you that had completely wrong information! Planting ...

Lilacs, along with most other flowers, seem to be blooming much earlier this year in Iowa. Flowers that we'd usually see on Mother's Day are in full bloom now. If your lilacs aren't performing well ...

What to Prune in June (and What to Leave Alone) originally appeared on Dengarden. Pruning is a common gardening practice where cutting away certain parts of a plant, such as its branches, buds or ...

Art of Gardening member Kathy Varner introduced her next-door neighbor, Todd Bowman, to talk on the topic of pruning at a meeting held at Peace Lutheran Church on March 4. The owner of Stonehenge ...