lavender Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 That is a Miss Kim lilac on the left. Supposedly a miniature lilac. The fragrance is unbelievable. The Rhododendron on the right is at least 20 years old. Both are overgrown but I haven't the heart to cut them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipcat Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 We have a huge rhododendron in the front of our house that we cut back. It was almost touching the house. We didn't want to do it but it needed done. We just cut pieces of it at ground level and it work for us. Never touched the front of it. Now I have lilacs to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 I did a huge mock orange this spring. I cut out just some of the branches to open it up a bit and make it shorter. I think I'll tackle the lilac after it is done blooming. How are you going to do yours? I hate to ruin the shape of it. Maybe just take some off the top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipcat Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 We have 3 different lilac trees. The one we cut back to about 4 ft and it grew really fast. It needs cut back again. The other ones are not as big and I think I am just going to cut maybe a foot or 2 off of them. We have little shoots coming up everywhere around the 2 smaller ones. I am trying to let them grow if hubby would quit running them over with the lawn mower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I pruned my daughter's Rhododendron into a tree and so many people commented on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 We have 3 different lilac trees. The one we cut back to about 4 ft and it grew really fast. It needs cut back again. The other ones are not as big and I think I am just going to cut maybe a foot or 2 off of them. We have little shoots coming up everywhere around the 2 smaller ones. I am trying to let them grow if hubby would quit running them over with the lawn mower. I'm going to go for a foot or two, I think. I can always do more next year but I can't put it back if I hate it. Over pruning is ugly. You can dig up those little suckers and make a whole new bush. I have to crawl around under Miss Kim and see if there are any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I pruned my daughter's Rhododendron into a tree and so many people commented on it. do you have a picture you could share? I would really like to see it ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 My Polaroid Digital died a couple of weeks ago and I've been using a throw away camera. When I get enough pictures taken I will get a CD to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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