![]() ![]() Use hand pruners or a handsaw if needed to make a clean, horizontal cut across all of the unflagged branches that are about an inch off the ground. Follow the branches you’ve chosen to the plant’s base, where you can flag each sturdy branch by gently tying a rope or ribbon around its base. Pick three to five of the lilac’s strongest branches after surveying the entire plant. To get to the grass or soil layer, rake away any debris, dead branches, or fallen leaves from the lilac’s base. Rejuvenate a lilac bush by working with it just after bloom, when the blooms have dried up and are spent. Often, all a plant needs to produce robust new growth and abundant, fragrant blossoms is some hard pruning and some feeding. You might believe your lilac is dying if you see it becoming a little frail or worn out, or if it only produces a few little flowers in the spring. How can a lilac shrub be brought back to life? Lilac hedges next to agricultural fields or other sizable herbicide-treated areas may experience damage in this manner.
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