Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Violet lilac blooms on a lilac shrub Lilacs are popular backyard shrubs renowned for their sweet blooms and can be propagated in ...

Lilac bushes are not only fragrant, but they also add interest and color to any landscape, re-blooming year after year. Known as some of the hardiest shrubs around ...

This reblooming shrub brings color to the garden in mid to late spring. Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta Lilac lovers often feel that the lilac bloom cycle is just too short. Lilac bushes bloom for about ...

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

Any dead wood should be removed, but first make sure the branches are truly dead. Scratch the bark to see if the underlying tissue is green or brown. If green, there is still some life, and the area ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A light-skinned man and a baby inspect a lilac bush in bloom - Olga Zheltonogova/Getty Images When lilacs open their fragrant ...