Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Davis / Getty Images Lilacs should be pruned annually as part of your spring/summer garden maintenance checklist. If your ...

Read the best time to prune lilacs and how to ensure they thrive year after year. Here's what to do with lilac flowers after ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is it all right to prune all my shrubs and trees now or should I wait until later for some of them? Most pruning work can be done safely now, but there is one job that should be done as soon as ...

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 ...

Pruning lilacs after flowering can mean the difference between bare branches and clouds of bloom next spring – are you timing this task right?

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

This is prime pruning time for many summer-blooming plants, as well as fruit trees, blackberry, blueberry, grapevines and roses. For fruiting plants and rosebushes, annual pruning will give you the ...

Heat, drought, and pest obstacles aside, landscape plants now have completed most of this season’s growth. The result in some cases is a landscape that’s blown past ideal sizes and is now bordering on ...

Lilac blossoms are a sign spring season is well underway, with your garden beginning to put on displays of color and fragrance. The large white, pink, and purple flowers of well-cared-for lilacs, ...