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Forum: Beginner Gardening QuestionsReplies: 2, Views: 9
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lglavy
New Carlisle, OH

July 10, 2008
6:33 PM

Post #5237537

How do you prune a french lilac and still have flowers the next spring?
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)

July 10, 2008
8:34 PM

Post #5238200

You prune right after it finishes blooming. For this year it's probably too late so you'll have to either sacrifice next year's blooms if it's badly in need of pruning, or else wait until next year just after it finishes its bloom and do it then.
nanbernier
St. Robert, MO
(Zone 5b)

July 10, 2008
8:42 PM

Post #5238238

Cut out a third of the oldest stems all the way down to the ground every three years immediately after they bloom.

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