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 ...

One of the signature indicators of spring is the gently wafting scent of the common lilac (syringa vulgaris). I look forward to daily checking my mail because of the lilac bush by the mailbox. It ...

An old lilac often becomes a dense tangle of thick, gnarly old stems, dead wood and new shoots. This crowding can impede circulation and encourage powdery mildew, a common problem with older ...

Early bloomers, such as the hyacinth lilacs (Syringa x hyacinthiflora) — hybrids between the common lilac ... After eight or 10 years, Ms. Finley said, lilac stems simply aren’t as productive.

The common lilac is a tough, ... These thick, heavy stems are very prone to attack by lilac borers. Plus, a shrub 15 to 20 feet in height may have overgrown its location in the landscape.

The problem with Miss Kim is she doesn't look like what you might expect. She's a lilac (Syringa patula), but not what we usually think of as a lilac. Miss Kim, who is from north China and Korea, is a ...

Nothing says spring to me like lilacs in bloom. Some people hate their scent. I, on the other hand, can't get enough. I’ve been watching the lilac flower buds grow, eagerly anticipating their ...