Wow! My lilacs are smelling up the whole house.

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » May 29, 2006 9:30 am

I have never had them bloom much at all and this year they went crazy. I've had them for about 7 years.

Snow · Post by **Snow** » May 29, 2006 6:32 pm

Simply beautiful!

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » May 30, 2006 12:39 am

Beautiful! Lilacs respond well to dead heading. That helps put energy into next years flowers instead of seed production.
From the size of that shrub, you might just get it done in time for next year's bloom.

They also bloom on second year growth. If they are pruned to heavilly, they may bloom porely the next year.

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » May 30, 2006 5:35 pm

Thanks Snow & OED. I am in shock at how the fragrance even flows to my front yard approx 300 feet away. They (2 shrub) really surprised me.

Hmmmm deadhead. I mean good gardening friend could I get to carefully dead head each single bloom.

I will try to deadhead a lot of them, but I might just use the loppers or electric trimmer. Hope that is good enough because I don't have a "house elf".

patsue53 · Post by **patsue53** » May 31, 2006 10:27 am

How pretty! Don't you just LOVE the smell?? My dward Korean lilac reblooms in the fall! (not much there's always a few surprise blooms in September.)

Our lilacs are pretty much done here. Wish they lasted longer.

YellowRose · Post by **YellowRose** » Jun 20, 2006 8:04 am

Wow those are gorgeous!

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