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Nov 27, The best time to prune lilacs is immediately after the plant has finished blooming for the year. Pruning the bush earlier will unnecessarily destroy its flowers while cutting the bush back any later may not allow enough time for the new shoots for new Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Jun 03, Pruning lilacs is best done within a few weeks after the blooms fade.
Trim them with bypass pruning shears, cutting blooms off just above the place the stem forks beneath the bloom. Old growth should also be cut back every few years to help keep Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. 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 04, Esperanza-and now Texas Lilac Vitex- should be cut to the ground every winter to keep the plant manageable from season-to-season.
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Depending on weather and cultural conditions (fertilizer, water, region of the state, etc.), plants will bloom again within six weeks of seed pod/stalk removal. Jun 10, Whether your lilac is a shrub or a small tree, it will need to be regularly pruned in order to maintain a healthy shape and size. To prune lilacs, get to work in the spring: cut fresh flowers for bouquets, nip off the longest stems, and thin out any weak stems at the treenotch.club: K.
Jun 01, When to Transplant Lilacs. If you are wondering when to transplant lilacs, you have two choices: autumn or spring.
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Most experts recommend that you act in spring. The optimal time is after the plants bloom but before summer’s heat arrives in force.