Local lilac shrubs are starting to bloom this week with their beautiful colored flowers and sweet fragrance. The common purple lilac, Syringa vulgaris, or “old fashioned” lilacs bloom for ...

It has lavender purple flowers borne in panicles like the common lilac but not nearly as large. While there is a fragrance to this lilac, it does pale in comparison to the old-fashioned types and ...

The lush fragrance of lilacs is one of the delights of spring. Most neighborhoods have a few lilac bushes, covered in late April or early May with clusters of tiny purple flowers shaped like ...

A Bloomerang lilac tree is a registered trademark hybrid that's bred to grow smaller than a common lilac bush. It features clusters of lavender and purple flowers with four splayed petals.

Our familiar common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) is a native of the mountains of southeastern Europe. It was brought to the courts of Vienna in the 1500s and rapidly spread throughout northern Europe.

Lilac and think of England: They’re beautifully fragrant and quintessentially English, and best of all they don’t have to be purple By CONSTANCE CRAIG SMITH Published: 17:30 EDT, 20 April 2012 ...

Texas lilac, also known as chaste tree (Vitex), is a beautiful specimen with purple flowers that bloom in midsummer, imparting a delightful scent that wafts through gardens in zones 6-9.

Depending on the variety, lilac blooms can be purple, lavender, blue, blush, pink, white, ivory, creamy yellow, yellow, or bicolor. If you are looking for an exciting color, try syringa vulgaris ...

S.v. ‘Sensation’ is sensational, with showy trusses of dark purple, each flower outlined in white. S. pubescens subsp. patula ‘Miss Kim’: Unlike its common kin, Korean lilac blooms ...