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

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 ...

Many plants benefit from some type of pruning, whether it's a conservative reshaping or a harder cut to rejuvenate. One plant that benefits greatly from pruning is the lilac shrub. Over time, lilacs ...

The common purple lilac is a tough, reliable shrub that may reach a height of 15 to 20 feet. Unfortunately, as lilacs mature, the shaded lower portions of the shrubs usually lose their leaves. As a ...

Timing matters when pruning spring-flowering shrubs, and cutting them at the wrong moment could impact next year's blooms ...

A: Yes, you can, but if you want all of your flowers next year — don’t do it! Lilacs are a spring blooming shrub. Most spring blooming flowers form their flower buds from August to October. So, ...

Q: We have a large tree-form lilac that needs to be trimmed back quite significantly. I can’t trim very far before I cut off a lot of leaves. What’s the best way to do this? Should I be concerned that ...

Whether you’ve inherited a collection of big, old shrubs on a newly purchased property or neglected them into jungledom yourself, most homeowners sooner or later face the issue of what to do about ...

You can rip overgrown bushes out and start over, but this isn't always desirable. Here's how to landscape a yard with ...