Why do my lilac bushes bloom fully some years and not others?

Subject: Why do my lilac bushes bloom fully some years and not others?

Date: Mon Jun 30 04:22:30 1997
Posted by Jack Ammerman
Grade level: undergrad
School: MCC
City: Flint State/Province: Michigan
Country: USA
Area of science: Botany
ID: 867662550.Bt

Message:

I've been told by some home gardeners that I need to trim off the old blooms
each summer to ensure a full blooming lilac next Spring. Then I see a lilac out
in the middle of some farmers field that has NEVER been pruned and it is loaded
with blooms! What gives on this? 
Thank You for your time

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