Best Time To Cut Back Lilac Bushes, Minneola FL

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New shoots will develop throughout the growing season; let them grow.

Lilac bushes bloom only once each year, in spring, but they make new buds after they bloom. The buds become the next year’s flowers. If you trim a lilac bush too late in the year, then you’ll cut.

As with any plant, some years your lilac will bloom magnificently and some years not so much.

Timing is the Decisive Factor in Pruning Lilacs. If you want to have your blooms next year, it is crucial to prune in those first few weeks after blooming ends. Ideally, this is when you would do maintenance pruning each year. But I get so lazy busy, I end up with a ten foot bush with ten blooms on top.