Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Scented plants, only the nose knows!, 1 by ladygardener1

ladygardener1 wrote:
Somewhere I read to cut the spent blossoms off the lilacs so they don't waste energy on making seeds, but puts the energy into next seasons growth and blooms.
My old lilac that came with the house 30+ years ago is pretty tall so I have been working on cutting out old wood at the base and keeping it shorter. Besides going after spent blossoms. This seems to be working.
It provides the back drop for the waterfall in my water garden, If it wasn't there all you would see is the side of the house.

The lilac is in the top right hand corner of this picture.