How to Grow Lady Lilac

Choose a location that offers full sun; lilacs grown with less light flower poorly. Dig a hole in the area twice as deep and with as the shrub's root ball.

Pull your Lavender Lady from its container and massage the root ball with your hands. Untangle roots before placing the plant in the hole.

Push soil into the hole, firming it around the root system. Tamp soil around the plant, then water the lilac until the ground becomes saturated to compact the soil.

Give the plant 1 inch of water per week. If it receives adequate rain, skip watering.

Fertilize Lavender Lady with a slow-release fertilizer in late winter to early spring, just before the plant resumes growth. Apply fertilizer to the soil around the base of the plant, or mix water-soluble fertilizer with water and pour it over the roots.

Clip back the shrub in the late spring, just after flowering. Prune the stem back to just after a set of leaves to prevent the lilac from developing seeds. If you don't prune annually, the shrub will flower heavily, then reduce blooms the next year. Also prune off dead or damaged branches. As the shrub matures, remove up to one-third of the branches at ground level each year to promote the growth of new flowering limbs.