I've been waiting patiently for our lilac bush to blossom. Here is the first bouquet I've made.
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I filled an old milk glass vase of my Grandmother's with them, using florist foam to secure the lilacs in place.
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The lilacs are very special to me as the bush is quite old, and I know that the women who have lived on this farm before me have gathered around her, awaiting her blossoms as anxiously as I, breathing in their sweet fragrance.
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Here is the old lilac bush.
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Now you can smell them from the porch there are so many. When the blossoms fade, I'll again clip as many as the expired blossoms as I can reach to encourage a more prolific bloom next year. From what I've read, lilacs prefer to be pruned immediately after their blossoms have faded.
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Amazingly, this is what that same bush looked like when we bought the place. The blossoms were very sparse.
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Now you can smell them from the porch there are so many. When the blossoms fade, I'll again clip as many as the expired blossoms as I can reach to encourage a more prolific bloom next year. From what I've read, lilacs prefer to be pruned immediately after their blossoms have faded.
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