Re: Lilacs

cut back 

The way I cut my lilacs back is I alternate in/out of the tree about
1/3rd every year.

Tony Veca <><
Another Gr888 Day in Paradise !!!!!
Vancouver, WA
 It keeps it open with good light so they don't get real thick & bushy. I
get nice blooms. I have 2 bushes. Light & dark flowers. I do this some
what with my fast growing rhodie too. I can control the width / height.
My Lilac buds are developing very fast.
Still rain / showers, hopefully some sun soon. You all have a gr888 week.
On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 07:35:57 -0800 "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
writes:
> Maria- the lilacs I referred to grew to about 10 ft everyyear and 
> were cut
> back to 4 or 5 feet.  This happened every year, so it had developed 
> thick
> "trunks" and we jsut cut back all the branches to be about 6 inches 
> from the
> trunk.  Hope this helps.
> 
> Theresa
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net 
> [o*@hort.net]On
> Behalf Of Maria Olshin
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 7:29 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] smoke tree/coppicing
> 
> 
> My friend's lilac has been in the ground for 27 years and not pruned 
> in all
> that time. It's on the property line and several trees have grown up 
> around
> it. Now it's a spindly 15 feet tall and blooms only at the very top. 
> How
> severely can it be cut back? If cut down to less than a foot, is it 
> likely
> to croak?
> 
> Maria
> 
> 
> >
> > Hmmm- this is very interesting.  I am under the impression 
> (perhaps wrong)
> > that coppicing means cutting nearly to the ground.  Is this 
> correct?
> >
> > The lilacs we had in New York were severly pruned every year (just 
> after
> > blooming I think)- essentially they were cut back by half (at 
> least) and
> > they regrew and bloomed again the following spring- never missed a 
> year.
> > They were on an east facing wall and would get just loaded with 
> flowers.
> >
> > Theresa
> >
> >
> >
> > Ceres,
> > You're right, I should have explained further.  Coppicing lilacs 
> is done
> > only when a specimen requires extreme rejuvenation - plants that 
> have been
> > neglected for decades.  You do lose the next years bloom, but it 
> is a
> > worthwhile method in some cases.  The reason it is suggested in 
> such cases
> > is that it won't kill the lilac and the eventual results are very 
> good
> > compared to the neglected plant.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> >
> >
> >> In a message dated 3/21/03 8:54:09 PM, kmrsy@earthlink.net 
> writes:
> >>
> >>> BTW, Syringa - LILACS! - are also suggested as good subjects 
> for
> > coppicing.
> >> Kitty, if you severely prune an entire lilac in the spring or 
> immediately
> >> after blooming I think you would not have bloom the next year.  I 
> think
> > it is
> >> best to selectively prune cutting out the oldest wood to the 
> ground.
> > This
> >> will keep the lilac in bloom and promote new growth to maintain 
> a
> > desirable
> >> full plant.
> >> Some of the books list other trees/shrubs that this is applicable 
> but
> >> which die to the ground each winter for northern gardeners.  
> Examples
> > would
> >> be Lespedeza, Sambucus & buddelei.  Nature does the
> >> stooling/stumpping/coppicing for us.
> >> Ceres
> 
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