Pruning lilacs in fall can ruin next year’s blooms since flower buds form from late summer to early fall. The best time to prune lilacs is right after spring flowering—within about six weeks—to shape ...

Hardy and resilient, a lilac can live for many decades, and if it is not regularly pruned, it can become tangled, overgrown ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

Lilacs are very popular shrubs thanks to their beautiful, fragrant flowers that bloom in late spring. Come fall, that peak performance is behind them, so thoughts may turn to what you can do to help ...

Heat, drought, and pest obstacles aside, landscape plants now have completed most of this season’s growth. The result in some cases is a landscape that’s blown past ideal sizes and is now bordering on ...

The perennial question of when to prune depends on when your shrub blooms, and what your goals are - with special attention ...

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 ...

Lilacs add beauty, scope, and vertical height to your landscaping. A longtime favorite of gardeners, lilacs boast beauty and longevity, with some varieties living more than a century with proper care.