Purple for a Gray Day: Lilacs Make Their Descanso Debut ... Take the lilac, a blossom that delivers panache on the purple front and on the fragrance front, too.

The line of lilacs, some as tall as 15 feet, include dark purple ones, lavender ones and white ones, some sporting single petal blossoms, others double petal blossoms. Any breeze lifts their scent ...

It doesn’t grow wild in the north woods: it’s a garden ornamental, original to the Balkans.In 1919, the purple lilac beat out 9 other contenders for the title of state flower, including ...

I’m thinking of the large, 12-to-15-foot common lilac, the sort your grandmother used to grow. Everything you need to know to assemble and care for a succulent garden But in flower, lilacs have ...

June means Mackinac Island’s lilacs gush into luscious bloom, all 23 species and 400 varieties. Best catch a ferry and help celebrate the floral show during the the annual Lilac Festival.

Fritz Wetherbee: The Wentworth Lilacs. The purple lilac became the NH state flower after one of the biggest kerfuffle in the NH statehouse, I’ll tell you the story.

HAMPTON FALLS — They lend their name to an endearing color, and the mere whiff of a lilac has been known to bring back treasured recollections. “That’s the thing about lilacs; they bring ...

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