the lilac-ash borer, finds the plant as appealing as the pollinators do. If you live in regions that are often too warm for lilacs, namely zones 7b to 9, a chaste tree is a great stand-in that ...

Keystone plants and trees like the Coast Live Oak and California lilac are key players in the health of your garden.

I do that on a regular basis. Don’t start backing away, but I think plants respond to their environment just as animals do. Just more slowly. Could my lilac tree be moody? Some years it just isn ...