Lilacs are popular flowering shrubs for their fragrant colorful blooms. Many gardeners wonder exactly how and when to prune lilacs. Birds & Blooms reader Ken Kuhnen of Machesney Park, Illinois ...

The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...

By Michael Tix, Spiritual Reflections In the last few days I was out running some errands. As I drove one of the things that caught my eye were the lilac bushes. Probably two weeks early, they are ...

Thought you were all done with gardening chores for the winter? Not so fast. Now is the perfect time to prune your trees and shrubs.

Be aware of buds. Spring-flowering shrubs such as forsythia, lilac and flowering quince have already formed next year’s flower buds. If you prune them in winter, you will be reducing the spring ...

Each year as the snow melts and the warm temperatures begin I like to remind people about doing yard and garden work this time of year. We are a few weeks ahead of where we were last spring.

By pruning at this time of year ... As for spring-blooming shrubs like lilacs, please only take off any troublesome areas that you’re worried may spread disease or pathogens, otherwise, you ...