Advice needed on lilac in new home

[titchymum]

Hi could you please tell if this is one tree with several suckers as that is what it looks like to me and also do I cut the suckers down and just leave one stem. Help please. When it flowered it had lilac flowers if that helps.

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[rainbowgardener]

Lilacs are shrubs, not trees. That is they grow as a colony of a whole bunch of stems. They bloom better on newer wood. For old lilacs (which yours is definitely not), they can be rejuvenated by cutting out a lot of the old stems. So no I wouldn't cut the new stems out.