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Kids’ Valley Garden - A Gardening Resource for Kids
... Pruning will help keep your shrubs healthy and allowto circulate through the branches. Older lilacs, too, can be greatly improved with a good pruning that will enhance their size and shape. lilac varieties pruning lilacs ...
www.copper-tree.ca

Kids’ Valley Garden - A Gardening Resource for Kids
... for Kids Pruning Lilacs Many old lilacs are pruned back to just a few old stems by cutting off all the new suckers. These lilacs will bloom ... you start pruning an existing shrub. Ask for their assistance with the shears and a pruning saw. Pruning a Lilac The best time for pruning is ... oldest growth and 2 suckers from each year after your started pruning the shrub. This way your shrub will have a few ...
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Fine Gardening Back Issues
... Sharpening Pruners, Old-Fashioned Annuals, Seed-Starting and Design Guide (special pullout), Maintenance Pruning, A Finishing Touch, Abundant Indoor Blooms, Containers: Choosing Terra-Cotta, Weaving a ... from a Small Space, Pruning Lilacs, 10 Ornamental Herbs 090 March/April 2003 FG Classic Daffodils, Thresholds Provide a Place to Pause, Containers: Celebrate Spring, Pruning Clematis, Interview ...
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Fine Gardening - MAY/JUNE 2003 - #91
... by Susan Belsinger For the best harvest, give plants full sun, ample water, and regular pruning 52 MEET THE NEW FOLIAGE PLANT ON THE BLOCK by Pam Baggett Move over coleus ... of America's most accomplished garden designers 66 PRUNING LILACS byJeff Jabco Whether it's an ancient shrub or a vigorous young plant, all lilacs can benefit from some well-placed cuts 71 ...
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Lilac Renewal
... specimens are often leggy and unattractive. Old, neglected lilacs can be renewed or rejuvenated by pruning. Home gardeners can choose between two different pruning methods. One way to renew an overgrown lilac is ... a vigorous attractive shrub within a few years. Once rejuvenated, pruning should be a regular part of the maintenance program for lilacs. The shrub can be kept healthy and vigorous by ...
hortparadise.unl.edu

Arnold Arboretum - Lilacs - How to Plant and Care for Lilacs
... done, good flowering years may be followed by bad. When the plant becomes leggy, renewal pruning is required. Remove about one-third of the oldest stems at ground level each year ... by pruning out the most heavily infested branches, followed by an application of dormant oil spray. Contact your county agricultural agent for specific advice on pest identification and control methods. Lilacs can ...
www.arboretum.harvard.edu

Questions on Tree Pruning
... pruning of deciduous trees and shrubs is best done in the early spring when they are still dormant. The pruning down to the ground of lilacs and other shrubs also is best done when they are dormant. Selective pruning ...
www.ext.nodak.edu

Lilacs
... is no flower as beautiful and aromatic as Lilacs. Of the two, Lilacs have a stronger scent that carries quite a distance. Unfortunately, Lilacs bloom for only a very brief couple weeks ... and Disease Lilac Pictures Pruning Flowers Why no Blooms? Other Links: Those Lovely Lilacs For Love of Lilacs International Lilac Society When Lilacs Last Bloomed A poem by Walt Whitman (1865) Lilacs are Edible ...
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Lilacs: Horticultural leaflet [Montreal Botanical Garden]
... Lilacs >>> The main lilacs Growing lilacs Four types of pruning When to prune? The lilac's principal enemies Further reading See also : Lilacs at the Montréal Botanical Garden Print this page (PDF format) Lilacs ...
www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca

Open Directory - Home: Gardening: Plants: Shrubs
... Lilacs (9) Rhododendrons (28) Roses (273) This category in other languages: Russian (3) Swedish (10) All About Hydrangeas - Enthusiast shares photographs and information about classification, culture, propagation, and pruning ... introductions, care information, and sources. Gardens Galore - Information on the cultivation and pruning of woody plants in the weather conditions of County Cork, Ireland. ...
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