Reduce Lilac Bush Size To make your plant a little shorter, remove several of the larger stems to ground level. This will encourage new growth at the base of the plant.

Q.: I have three lilac bushes that have been transplanted from a previous home about three years ago. They all look healthy now. The white one has blossomed ever since we transplanted them and is ...

A Bloomerang lilac tree is a registered trademark hybrid that's bred to grow smaller than a common lilac bush. It features clusters of lavender and purple flowers with four splayed petals.

She cares for the grounds, home to some 1,000 lilac bushes and trees, all four seasons. In October, Burke and her crew planted 50,000 tulip bulbs. She’s particular — “real picky” — about ...

It is an old bush, planted a few generations ago, and produces an abundance of purple blooms during April and May. Some lilacs can grow for over 100 years. There is a difference between what is ...

Some flowering plants have an irresistible nostalgia quotient, something as emotionally potent as it is indefinable. It’s sort of like walking through the fog, your whole being wrapped in a mist ...

You can ask for these at area nurseries, or use your quest for dark-purple lilacs as an excuse to visit the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens, open to the public and located at 115 S. Pekin Road ...

1. Stop and smell the flowers.. Drive along most county backroads, especially ones sprinkled with old farms, and you’ll come across plenty of large lilac bushes in shades of purple and white.

Fritz Wetherbee: The Wentworth Lilacs. The purple lilac became the NH state flower after one of the biggest kerfuffle in the NH statehouse, I’ll tell you the story.

Q. I would like to ask about the possibilities of growing in Houston: flowering crabtree and a purple lilac tree or bush. Will they thrive in this climate? -- O.T., Houston A. You can grow ...

Buds open into white, pink, blue, violet, magenta and deep purple blooms at different times. ... Helen, brought lilac bushes back home to Lombard from their European travels in the early 1900s.

The lilac Purple Haze, a pale purple cultivar named for the Jimi Hendrix song, was developed by a propagator at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University and introduced in 2006.