As soon as the flowers bloom, begin the process of pruning by clipping a.
Oct 26, The only thing most of them agreed on is that if you do cut back a lilac, you shouldn’t expect flowers for quite awhile, perhaps 2 – 3 years. I have no idea whether we’ve done right by the lilac or not.
We’ll just have to wait till spring and see what treedigging.club: Plowing Through Life (Martha). Apr 02, When pruning lilacs, cutting back the tops of overgrown stems is oftentimes not enough. It is generally better to cut the entire stem. Trimming lilacs is best accomplished using clippers. Remove spent blooms all the way to the stems to prevent seeding and encourage more blooms later on. Jun 10, Take a look at your lilac bush or tree and assess whether there are any extra-long but healthy-looking stems that need to be cut back.
Doing so will help the lilac keep its pretty shape. The process of cutting back the stems a bit is called tipping off. Use a hand clipper to cut longer stems back to the next closest pair of side treedigging.club: K. Timing is the Decisive Factor in Pruning Lilacs If you want to have your blooms next year, it is crucial to prune in those first few weeks after blooming ends.
Ideally, this is when you would do maintenance pruning each year. But I get so lazy busy, I end up with a ten foot bush with ten blooms on top. Jun 14, If you want to give it a try, take a cutting from a healthy lilac and place the stem in a clear or amber glass or jar with 1 to 2 inches ( cm.) of water.
Be sure to strip the leaves from the part of the stem that will be in the water to keep the cutting from rotting. Add fresh water as needed. Pruning your lilacs is essential for healthy growth and ample blooming.
For tree-type varieties, including Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata) and Peking lilac (Syringa pekinensis), there are.