"Nana.Wilson" wrote .
I am in the mid-Atlantic region. It is serendipitous! Smells great too.

"Wendy7" wrote
Very good Nana, I have a plant that has never bloomed? Now I am in
S.Calif. but
this plant is supposed to be a hybrid to tolerate warm weather.
Do you cut yours back?

"Nana.Wilson" wrote ..

Hi Wendy. I was told (after I had been pruning) & wondering why it didn't
bloom that they bloom on last years' old wood. So no, I don't prune any
more. I do just shape her up a bit & trim away any dead wood

Yes, they flower on young wood made the previous season. It's why you often
see overgrown and straggly Lilac trees, people don't know when to prune
them, it's confusing. They can and should be pruned just after flowering so
they then make new young growth to flower the following year, and so on. I
know it seems wrong pruning at that time of the year, late spring/summer,
but it's not the only plant like that.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK