The flowers grow on the tips. If there were any buds you've cut them off. Honestly, Logan, someone needs to hide your pruners for a year or two.

The reason was to rejuvenate the old stem. I have never pruned it before. Matter of fact, somebody stole my bypass pruners last week :(. Still haven't recovered them.

1. This is the first time that I have ever pruned it (besides removing the dead stem)

2. I don't fertilize my lawn

3. Possible, what would be other indicating signs?

4. It has bloomed before

5. It's in full sun

6. Possible, but this shouldn't happen every year. I do admit, I've never seen another syringa vulgaris in the are. Just 'miss kim' and some of the other dwarfs.

7. It was very warm the past few winters

8. I will test the soil PH after all else has failed (because that cost money)

Your climate is probably not well suited to them

Lilacs for the South

Lilacs in northern VA only bloom well after "polar vortex" type winters. If winter is mild, bloom is sparse. Last winter was a doozy and the lilacs were magnificent. Thus, homeowners rushed out to buy lilacs. This year has been extremely mild & those lilacs won't bloom much. I expect to see lots of posts on GW titled "Why didn't my lilac bloom?"

i m voting on not mature enough ... since the transplant ... and you cant count.. if you did.. flowering in the pot you bought it in ...

sooner or later.. you arent going to be able to get to that electric box .... if thats important ...

do you see any other lilacs blooming within 10 miles of your place ...

lilac set their buds in fall .. you can literally see them .. though very small ...

L is rejuvenation pruned .. ALWAYS .. no tip pruning ... EVER ....

ken

Vulgaris shouldn't be capitalized when used after Syringa.

"i m voting on not mature enough ... since the transplant ... and you cant count.. if you did.. flowering in the pot you bought it in ...

sooner or later.. you arent going to be able to get to that electric box .... if thats important ...

do you see any other lilacs blooming within 10 miles of your place ...

lilac set their buds in fall .. you can literally see them .. though very small ...

L is rejuvenation pruned .. ALWAYS .. no tip pruning ... EVER ....

ken"

Actually, it came with the house. I would say it's pretty old, at least dating back to the 80's. I don't think that I have never seen another lilac near my area, there are some here and there up in the mountains (but that's a completely different climate, z6).

"Vulgaris shouldn't be capitalized when used after Syringa."

I only done that because it is in a title.

"Lilacs in northern VA only bloom well after "polar vortex" type winters. If winter is mild, bloom is sparse. Last winter was a doozy and the lilacs were magnificent. Thus, homeowners rushed out to buy lilacs. This year has been extremely mild & those lilacs won't bloom much."

It didn't bloom in 2014, which I guess was a polar vortex winter (we got about 4 big snowstorms).

Looks buried too deep and is not very large at this time. It also lacks vigor, pruning it back is not going to make it stronger. Providing good environmental conditions is what will do that.