Although lilacs bloom on "old wood" (last year's growth) like hydrangeas, older lilacs tend to produce better flowers on younger canes. Giving your lilac a hard pruning to remove older wood will ...

Lilacs bloom on old wood, which means that the flower buds for the next spring develop on growth from the previous year. As a ...

Other factors, such as stress from a dry summer, can cause a plant to bloom early. Plants like lilacs develop shoots that include future flower buds during the summer and stressors like unusual ...

Highland Park is well known for its impressive springtime lilac blooms, the centerpiece to one of Rochester’s most notable festivals. This year, those lilacs are blooming again, but in the fall.