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When to prune lilacs is just as important as how you prune these shrubs to ensure they produce lots of beautiful, fragrant flowers in the spring. Besides resulting in a bonanza of blooms each year ...

Wait for maturity to prune: There is no need to prune lilacs at a young age. Langelo recommends waiting until the shrub reaches about 6 to 8 feet tall to prune.

Lilacs are pretty hardy and can take a severe pruning. Cut it back all the way to 6-8 inches off the ground (if your lilac has been grafted, be sure to leave room for this section).

Prune lilacs in late spring or early summer after flowers fade. Do this annually to maintain good shape, support healthy growth, and facilitate abundant flowering the following year.

If your lilac is a grafted variety, make sure you don’t prune below the graft union. Over the next couple of years, take out the remaining two thirds of the old stems.

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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.

Lilacs, which bloom on the previous season’s growth, start the bud-setting process pretty quickly after flowering, so Ms. Finley recommends that spring’s deadheading and light pruning happen ...

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Q. Our neighbors have a hedgerow of lilacs that were planted about 25 years ago. Through the years, they have been kept to about a four-foot height by using the "buzz"method of pruning - basically ...

Lilacs need regular renewal pruning to thin them out and control their size. That means removing a couple of older stems every few years, Bachtell said, as well as removing dead wood.