From Container Garden to Lilac Bouquet

Make a Lilac bouquet and learn how to trim your Lilac Bush.

I received another nice bouquet from Jeff last week.  It’s a Lilac Bouquet!  It was on the table when I came home and I had to look twice to see if he had actually bought the flowers.

This time he mixed two Red Tulips in with it,and some other greens from various trees and plants around the garden, and some white flowers (I refer to them as “snow”).  We had enjoyed the Tulips in one of our Container gardening pots for some time, so this was an excellent way to get just a little more time out of it.

I always hate to pick the flowers in the garden (which is why I told him he should do it).  And, guess what?  I received another bouquet this week!  More Lilac’s!

According to Jeff, it’s good to prune them down a little as they are growing, so new flowers can come out.  Then, when they all start to die down, remove the dead flower clusters, pruning them just above a node (where the leaf joins the stem). 

You should also remove older branches that might be crowding in, or crossing over others.  Cut these at the base of the shrub, just above the soil (yup, all the way down to the ground!).  Also purne any weak looking branches, and/or broken spindly looking ones.

This way, you’ll have a beautiful Lilac tree next year, and can enjoy that first lilac aroma of the spring.