Too late to prune lilac tree?

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• linzijayne74 Posts: 198

  June 2022

  Hi @borgadr; thanks for your reply.  Sorry to hear your lilac didn't flower this year, especially given that you cut it back immediately after flowering?  I very much hope that next year it flowers for you.  Thank you. 

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• borgadr Posts: 718

  June 2022

  Thanks @linzijayne74 - I was advised by members on here that this is completely normal.  I fully expect it to flower again next year!

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• BenCotto Posts: 4,718

  June 2022

  Hard hard pruning of lilacs can trigger a response of a retaliatory profusion of suckers from the roots.

  Rutland, England

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• linzijayne74 Posts: 198

  June 2022

  Hi @borgadr; I have no doubt that the good members of this forum are correct and next year you'll have more lilac than you know what to do with! 
  
  

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• linzijayne74 Posts: 198

  June 2022

  Hi @BenCotto; yes, I can imagine that's very true.  Nature is very clever.  I shan't take back my lilac very much; I don't really want suckers to contend with as well!  Thank you. 

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