54K views · 1.7K reactions | I’ve gotten so many questions about how to harvest lilacs for the longest vase life. My tricks are to pick in the cool of the morning, harvest when 1/13-1/2 of the florets are open, remove all the leaves, split their stems and get into fresh water immediately. No matter what you do lilacs aren’t a super long lasting cut flower (max 5 days for me) but these tricks keep blooms from wilting prematurely. | Floret Flower Farm | Facebook