With a deft, strong flip of her wrist, Elizabeth Billet wrenches a branch from a 7-foot-tall lilac bush, then instinctively sniffs the aroma of the heavy red-purple buds just barely hinting to unfold.

You can step into a purple dreamland at this small town in Ontario. With rustic charm and a hidden trail of lilac blooms, it's a beautiful spot to spend a spring day. If endless blooms, country ...

Q. Last summer, we planted two small lilac bushes. Having grown up with lots of lilacs, I'm delighted to have them again. Some I have seen are more leaves than flowers in the spring while some are ...

Lilacs remind me of my childhood home. The backyard there is divided by a row of mature bushes. The line of lilacs, some as tall as 15 feet, include dark purple ones, lavender ones and white ones ...

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 ...

A: Here's an easy option: Golden dewdrop, Duranta repens, is a pest-free, fast-growing perennial shrub that continually produces small, lilac-blue, purple or white flowers for butterflies.Birds ...

Lilac bushes are the stars of the show for a few fleeting weeks in late spring, but if you choose the right variety and care for them properly they can play their part in the summer garden too.

Q.: I have three lilac bushes that have been transplanted from a previous home about three years ago. They all look healthy now. The white one has blossomed ever since we transplanted them and is ...

1. Stop and smell the flowers.. Drive along most county backroads, especially ones sprinkled with old farms, and you’ll come across plenty of large lilac bushes in shades of purple and white.

You can ask for these at area nurseries, or use your quest for dark-purple lilacs as an excuse to visit the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens, open to the public and located at 115 S. Pekin Road ...

She cares for the grounds, home to some 1,000 lilac bushes and trees, all four seasons. In October, Burke and her crew planted 50,000 tulip bulbs. She’s particular — “real picky” — about ...