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 ...

Lilacs should be pruned annually as part of your spring/summer garden maintenance checklist. If your lilac bush is overgrown, it can withstand more rigorous pruning for rejuvenation. Lilac growth is ...

Pruning in winter is an important practice for many flowering plants to ensure their bloom in the spring. However, you'll ...

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, ...

InForum gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers why a kohlrabi has begun growing bulges, the best time to prune lilacs and where to get soil tested. A reader asks gardening columnist Don Kinzler why ...

Make plans now to prune spring-flowering shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, viburnum and flowering quince, after they finish blooming. “We don’t prune these shrubs in winter because we’d be cutting off ...

What to Prune in June (and What to Leave Alone) originally appeared on Dengarden. Pruning is a common gardening practice where cutting away certain parts of a plant, such as its branches, buds or ...

A few days ago an anguished message came from a lady who said her French lilac shrubs were not blooming this year. "They have always bloomed before for years," she said sadly. "And I love lilacs so ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Forsythia bushes are ready to bloom in Blackburn Park in Webster Groves on Sunday, March 24, 2013, despite the heavy snow ...