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How Do You Prune a Japanese Lilac Tree? Prune a Japanese lilac tree twice a yr, as soon as in winter when it is dormant and as soon as in spring after it blooms. You need pruning shears or quick garden trimming clippers and a ladder. In mid-winter before new development appears, trim about one-fourth to 1-third of the biggest stems back to the trunk or a most important branch. Leaving only 6 to 12 main stems that don't rub each other allows the tree better ventilation. Also in mid-winter, take away superfluous suckers, or new stems rising from the basis system. Cut them right up against the trunk just under ground stage to forestall them from rising into extra trunks. A Japanese lilac should don't have any more than one to three trunks. A Japanese lilac grows as much as 30 feet high and spreads 15 to 20 feet. In spring just after the tree flowers, control its peak and width by cutting the branches back to about 1 foot below the top you want the tree to be. When trimming a branch, minimize it back to 1/four inch above a bud, or swollen part of the branch or stem. You can also trim away any extraneous growth. Deadheading spent blossoms encourages extra development the following 12 months.