Want to keep your lilac blooming its best? Follow these essential pruning guidelines for a full shrub and tons of flowers.

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 ...

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 ...

Lilacs are an icon of spring, blooming in shades from deep purple to pale lavender to white all over the Chicago area. Yet lilac bushes can be monsters. Hardy and resilient, a lilac can live for many ...

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, ...

April is a good time for pruning shrubs, but you need to do a little reconnaissance before getting out the loppers because when you prune can affect flowering. Homegrown New Hampshire host Emma Erler, ...

Old-fashioned, romantic, and endlessly nostalgic, lilacs are having a revival as gardeners look for ways to keep these ...

Is your lilac all leaves and no flowers? Here are the likely reasons it's not blooming, and how to fix it.

Moore notes that May is often a good time to prune gardenias since they have already flowered in many areas. “Prune right ...

Answer: It may be that you are pruning off the flower buds by pruning at the wrong time. It seems like the fall is a logical ...

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 ...