lilac

Nursery stock, 2017: Repotted, 2017: Here it is in spring 2022:

I collected this Lilac tree from my garden last year in March, all of the branches that you can see grew over the last Summer. What should my next steps be now?

I am wondering if I can trunk chop a lilac that I collected last spring. It has grown wonderfully after I collected in. This was right after collection. The trunk looks small but it is about 1.5 inch thick at least and has amazing bark on it. I want to chop back to the red line or lower to force...

One of the perks of my job is that I spend a lot of time driving around some very old houses. Happened across a house today that was having it's driveway redone and sat out by the trench that had been dug were these 3 huge stumps. I asked the guys working and they said they were lilacs and I was...

Yes I know it isn't a bonsai but I need some help. This the trunk of a lilac tree that is probably about 30 years old. The last couple of years it has seem to be declining. Fewer flowers, fewer leaves etc. I have read about lilacs shreddig their bark etc but the trunk appears weird to me. Can...