Pruning a lilac just above buds lower on the branches will encourage fuller, denser growth. The best time to do this: right after the lilac flowers in spring. Skip to Article ...

If you want to give your lilac bushes an additional boost to keep them healthy and grow beautiful lavender flowers, try ...

Many people have cherished memories of time spent in their grandma or great-grandma's garden -- beautiful, sunny days spent ...

In 2005, the Spokane Lilac Society introduced the variety “Spokane”, a large shrub with dark lilac flowers that age to a pale lilac. Today, there are over a thousand different varieties of ...

Old lilac flowers never fall off. ... Lastly, a light application of fertilizer after deadheading will give your lilac the nutrients it needs to regrow its flower buds. View Comments.

Deadheading helps increase blooms in that alternative year. And, if you pull or cut a spent lilac flower at its base or to the nearest bud (pointing outward), two new branches form instead of just ...

Q. My 3-year-old lilacs have never bloomed. I have lush, lovely plants, but no flowers — Charlie, Stone Ridge A. The most common reasons for lack of bloom are immaturity, too little sunlight and ...

French lilac or Syringa vulgaris cvs produces the most and the largest flowers on stems that are not more than 5 to 6 years old. As the stems get older the flowers get smaller and more out of reach.

April showers bring one of the best, most fragrant of all May flowers -- the heavenly scented lilac. These landscape favorites range from dwarf shrubs to small ornamental trees and can actually ...

The flowers will wilt and turn brown, and unopened flower buds become blackened. Lilac blight is difficult to control. The best thing to do is to buy blight-resistant varieties whenever you want ...