Harvesting lilac flowers

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Lilacs are an incredible plant that symbolize the emotions of love and are filled with nostalgia for many people. A spring blooming perennial, this shrub grows all over the world and has many useful benefits other than sharing its incredible scent with the world! In this guide, you can learn how to

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Briana Bosch on Instagram: "Love lilacs like I do but struggle with getting the longest life out of them in a vase? We have a few tricks for how we process and harvest lilac for the best possible vase life (hint: it does not include crushing the stem, which we found actually makes it harder for them to uptake water as it closes off some capillaries)! 

My best tips:
🌸 cut when only just starting to open
🌸cut early in the morning
🌸remove most of the foliage
🌸strip the bark off the bottom several inches and make a slit up the center of the stem
🌸place into hot water and put in a cool dark spot for about 8 hours 

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Briana Bosch on Instagram: "Love lilacs like I do but struggle with getting the longest life out of them in a vase? We have a few tricks for how we process and harvest lilac for the best possible vase life (hint: it does not include crushing the stem, which we found actually makes it harder for them to uptake water as it closes off some capillaries)! My best tips: 🌸 cut when only just starting to open 🌸cut early in the morning 🌸remove most of the foliage 🌸strip the bark off the bottom…

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