Wir führen Gartenrenovierungen durch und mein Mann hat versehentlich diese alten Flieder gefällt, und ich bin am Boden zerstört. Sind sie rettbar? Auf dem zweiten Foto sind viele Knospen zu sehen. Ich bin so verärgert
Damn you are right to be upset. They’ll come back next year though. You’d get no flowers this year.
Toolswood on
Might have done you a favor if it was overgrown. We had a big old thing when we moved in here 38 years ago. I pruned and pruned and never did get it rehabilitated. Look
Around the net for information then do your best and give it some time. Good luck
GingerIsTheBestSpice on
I cut mine down to shoulder height every few years, and they love it. You’ll miss out this year but next year they’ll be even more lush. Use this opportunity to get any deadwood out.
reallyreally1945 on
A They may sprout back from the ground but not the same.
B REMOVE ALL POWER TOOLS FROM YOUR HUSBAND!!
foolish_username on
Lilacs are incredibly hard to kill. It should bloom again next year, and in about 3 or 4 years it will be big again.
LucyB823 on
Why do so many husbands cut lilacs to the ground?
Aware_Pause6283 on
Our neighbors hired landscape people who did this to our lilac. Cut it 6in from the ground. My dad was furious.
It took two years or so, but it looks great, and it’s a huge bush now. Life finds a way.
Ichthius on
It’s good for them. Thin the stalks and pinch the new shoots every 8 ton12 inches to get branching. Thin shoots where you don’t want them. Thin them suckers from the ground as well.
hereandthere_nowhere on
At this point i would suggest taking the cuts down to a couple inches off the ground. Then play with its shape when it starts coming back up from literally everywhere.
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Damn you are right to be upset. They’ll come back next year though. You’d get no flowers this year.
Might have done you a favor if it was overgrown. We had a big old thing when we moved in here 38 years ago. I pruned and pruned and never did get it rehabilitated. Look
Around the net for information then do your best and give it some time. Good luck
I cut mine down to shoulder height every few years, and they love it. You’ll miss out this year but next year they’ll be even more lush. Use this opportunity to get any deadwood out.
A They may sprout back from the ground but not the same.
B REMOVE ALL POWER TOOLS FROM YOUR HUSBAND!!
Lilacs are incredibly hard to kill. It should bloom again next year, and in about 3 or 4 years it will be big again.
Why do so many husbands cut lilacs to the ground?
Our neighbors hired landscape people who did this to our lilac. Cut it 6in from the ground. My dad was furious.
It took two years or so, but it looks great, and it’s a huge bush now. Life finds a way.
It’s good for them. Thin the stalks and pinch the new shoots every 8 ton12 inches to get branching. Thin shoots where you don’t want them. Thin them suckers from the ground as well.
At this point i would suggest taking the cuts down to a couple inches off the ground. Then play with its shape when it starts coming back up from literally everywhere.