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I'm going to chop my lilacs down to about four feet when they quit blooming. Any suggestions? Plants: 33 | From: St Paul MN | Registered: Apr 2006
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Yes, mail me the cuttings so I can have lilacs ! Just kidding, they wouldn't root. But oh, what luxury, that you have so much lilac that you need to prune !!! We have only Korean lilac here, and it doesn't smell very nice. Rather like Play Doh and a faint lilac-y undertone.
* * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006
| Seeded: 207.200.116.139
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Wow......... 12 feet tall..... I can hardly imagine such a thing. When in bloom they must be paradise ! Real lilacs won't grow here. Because they need the dormancy in winter. What's winter?
* * * * Plants: 1772 | From: Southern California, USA | Registered: Feb 2006
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I got some pictures in the photobucket program, now I just need to figure out how to get them in here.
Plants: 33 | From: St Paul MN | Registered: Apr 2006
| Seeded: 71.195.35.15
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oh i do miss lilacs so much! The only thing i truly miss! Besides my family of course... we had a farm and had lilacs around every field and you could lay in bed with your window open in the morning and just inhale the lovely scents!
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slredmond, They are way too big, and the white ones are taking over all the space from the double french purple. Most of the purple ones are too high to reach.
Plants: 33 | From: St Paul MN | Registered: Apr 2006
| Seeded: 71.195.35.15
Ok, if I did this right this should be the white lilacs.
Thanks, Wrennie!!!!
Plants: 33 | From: St Paul MN | Registered: Apr 2006
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my neighbor's lilac is just about 12 feet tall...
from what i understand, you're supposed to prune them back every year - not all the way to the ground, but you can safely take off 4 or 5 feet and not damage anything or affect blooming.
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Ah - understood. Looks like they are a little crowded for space. I have about 20 lilacs at our "new" old house. The majority are probably 100 years old, and 15 plus feet tall - huge. Yesterday we fired up the chainsaw and spent a couple of hours trimming out dead wood so they'll flower better next year with more light and better circulation. They probably hadn't been tended to in 20 years. I'd suggest you randomly trim out a few of the oldest, being careful to watch the shape so it doesn't look too "groomed." You'll probably end up with a wider bush than taller, unless you take off some from the width. I'll try to get some pictures.
* * * * Sandy R. Plants: 239 | From: SW Michigan | Registered: Aug 2005
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Jorgie Photobucket lesson #2. Resizing. Your picture shows but its tooooooo big. Go to your pic in photobucket, click on edit(above the picture in the middle), there will be an area that says resize to 75% 50% 25% of original. Click on 50% and then update.
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Let me ask Cindy, She's alot more firmilar with doing them thru the photobucket place.. I have a program at home I do it called IVIEW, but she can definately walk you thru it, let me PM her!!!
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Jorgie...your lilacs are beautiful! I would LOVE to have thoses!
As far as the picture re-sizing in Photobucket...I have never used Photobucket to re-size my pics. I use a photo program like Weezie does. I guess I need to try the Photobucket re-sizing, just to see how it works. That's how most here re-size their pics.
Did you click the "update" button after you re-sized them?
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No problem, Jorgie. I just tried the Photobucket resizing and it worked for me. That's the first time I've ever tried it. I like to never found the "edit" button, which is located right above the picture!
I'll resize the picture above for you if you'd like me to... ...or leave it for a few minutes so you can try to re-size it in Photobucket.
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I resized using the Fugifilm Program and then the 25% too. Here's hoping. Plants: 33 | From: St Paul MN | Registered: Apr 2006
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Jorgie, how could you..... How could you post these awesome lilacs and make me drool with envy, having never experienced a lilac in my life.... And now you wanna chop 'em down..... I think my BP went up. And up.
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These belong to the next door neighbor, there is more in the alley but I didn't take pictures of them. These were chopped way down about 4-5 years ago.
Jorgie
Plants: 33 | From: St Paul MN | Registered: Apr 2006
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I have 2 lilac bushes in my back yard and their only about 4-5 feet tall, plus mine havent really even flowered yet. Well this year each bush got like 2 blooms but thats it. I hope next year they'll go in full bloom.
* * * * people tell me I have the body of a god... too bad its buddah. Plants: 561 | From: Seattle, WA | Registered: Feb 2006
| Seeded: 24.224.9.114
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Weezie13, You normally trim the lilacs when the flowers start to fade or turn brown. You snip off the blossoms and they are ready to go for next year.
Since I want to cut mine back I probably won't get any for a couple years.
Jorgie
Plants: 33 | From: St Paul MN | Registered: Apr 2006
| Seeded: 71.195.35.15
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As I understand it, you should only cut off like 1/3 of any type of flowering shrub... or for the lilac's.. the oldest part of the shrub... and that rejuvenates them...
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We haven't cut them back at all, we just transplanted them about 2 years ago. And their in the sun about half the day and the shade about half the day.
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