Lilacs are such a bright spot in spring, serving as a reminder to us that warmer days are ahead. If you are approaching a garden or neighborhood with blooming lilacs, you’re sure to smell them before ...

Lilacs (Syringa spp.) are a popular landscaping bush prized for their clustered flowers and pleasant fragrance. While these plants are best known for their signature light purple blooms, they can also ...

The sight and fragrance of lilacs, blooming in shades from deep violet-purple to pink to white, are among the splendors of spring. If you’d like to have that splendor in your yard, be careful about ...

Cutting off dead and damaged wood and controlling the number of stems on the shrub are vital to lilac care. Left unpruned, mature lilacs become choked with old wood and deadwood and produce few ...

A fragrant spring-flowering shrub offers colorful blooms, low-maintenance care, and plenty of reasons for butterflies to make ...

Toward the middle to the end of spring the unmistakable scent of lilacs begins to fill the air. A staple of cottage gardens, they have an aura of nostalgia with a sweet scent touched with subtle hints ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We live in a beautiful part of the world where spring can come early or late, but you can’t stop the tapestry of green as new ...

Somehow it’s May, and I hope you, unlike me, have already planted your warm-season veggies. As usual, I bought too many tomato plants and, as I write this in late April, they are still sitting on a ...

Lilacs are an icon of spring, blooming in shades from deep purple to pale lavender to white all over the Chicago area. Yet lilac bushes can be monsters. Hardy and resilient, a lilac can live for many ...