Why Didn T My Lilac Flower

The new buds form shortly after the flowers die back.

Why didn t my lilac flower. Late freeze sometimes a late freeze can knock the flowers right off the bush by damaging the buds. Lilacs don t typically require feeding improper fertilizing can cause a lilac to take up too much nitrogen which encourages the plant to green up but prevents the lilac bush from blooming. Syringa vulgaris common lilac is a tough fast growing long lived plant that needs only handful of things to make it bloom. The yellow arrow points to a weed tree that is not part of the lilac but that needs to be removed.

The common lilac syringa vulgaris is a very cold hardy plant but if a hard frost or a freeze comes along just as the flower buds are about to open they can be damaged. Example of pruning cuts to reinvigorate an old lilac. If the bush is getting ready to bloom and then you get a surprise deep freeze this can damage the flowers and buds if you know it s coming you can try covering the bush with a heavy blanket if it s just a quick freeze otherwise hopefully next year there will be better luck with the weather. If your lilac bush is not blooming you might want to think back about whether or not there was a late freeze.

The red marks are where the cuts should be made as close to ground as possible. There are many different reasons for there to be a lack of lilac flowering. Here are a few reasons why a lilac may not be blooming. If this is why your lilac bush is not blooming your bush is fine.

Next year you should have a ton of blooms. Most lilac varieties need three and sometimes four years to grow and develop before they produce their first blooms. The lilac bush is immature. This results in the loss of blooms for that year.

Here are the most common reasons why lilacs won t bloom. Just accept the loss and appreciate next year s blossoms twice as much. Why didn t my lilac bloom. Lilac bushes that won t bloom could be the result of too much nitrogen.