Unfortunately, as lilacs mature, the shaded lower portions of the shrubs usually lose their leaves.

Mar 02, Cutting Selection – Select approximately three or four stem cuttings from the stock plant to ensure a better survival rate. The cuttings should be between three to five inches in length and contain two to three nodes.

While making the cutting, use a sharp pruner or scissors to make a clean cut. Dull blades can damage the proximal end of the cutting. Jun 14, Take cuttings of lilac bushes from tender new growth in late spring or early summer. Mature growth is less likely to root. Take several cuttings to increase your chance of success. Take cuttings in the morning when the weather is cool and the plant is well-hydrated. Cut 4- to 6-inch lengths ( cm.) of tender, new growth.

Additional thinning of the new shoots should also be done.

May 01, Taking cuttings is an age old method of getting more plants from established ones to pass on or keep to expand your own garden. Rooting lilacs from cuttings is a great way to get more of these beautiful bushes. Choose the lilac you wish to propagate. Take a few cuttings just after flowering. Dip in rooting hormone and plant in stumplopping.bars: Feb 12, Collect softwood cuttings early in the morning during spring right after the lilac has flowered and when new growth is no more than 6 to 8 inches long.

I did this a few weeks ago and they are growing strong and healthy.

Test a cutting. Apr 25, Suckers are shoots that grow from around the Lilac base. Some feel they can be a menace but most folks just cut them off with a mower or weed wacker to keep them in check.

This is a white Lilac in a friend’s yard. She said I could come to dig up all the suckers or shoots I stumplopping.bars: Oct 23, The cutting needs soil to host its growth. To achieve this, get a peat pot and fill it up with potting soil.

Let the soil mixture be maple tree not dropping seeds up of sand, soil, and perlite. Water it mildly and create a hole where you can plant the cutting. You can use a stick or one of your fingers to create this planting hole.