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Originally Posted by kevman
I'm no arborist but in my experience with Lilac bushes I'd just cut the dead limbs off at the closet node and let it regrow. Lilac's are practically weeds and with a healthy root system you'll have hundreds of new chutes in no time.
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That basically means cutting pretty much the whole thing right down to the ground in my case. I only have two or three branches that were not damaged. I actually pruned the lilacs heavily this spring because the previous owner of the house had done no pruning and the bushes were extremely overgrown. I had to remove two of the four bushes because they were all over the place and starting to damage the fence.