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, ...

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 ...

Hardy and resilient, a lilac can live for many decades, and if it is not regularly pruned, it can become tangled, overgrown ...

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

Lilacs are a spring garden favorite, but their stunning blooms depend on timely care. From pruning right after flowering to ensuring plenty of sunlight, small steps make a big difference. With the ...

Dogwood, lilac, potentilla, ninebark, spirea and others can be rejuvenated, preferably before growth starts. It can be done ...

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

Timing matters when pruning spring-flowering shrubs, and cutting them at the wrong moment could impact next year's blooms ...

Every gardener has a list of plants they wish they could grow but can’t because of Yakima’s freezing winters. I count it a ...

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, ...

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 ...