It goes by other monikers like chasteberry, monk's pepper, and lilac chaste tree. The chaste tree's cone-shaped purplish-blue blooms are like a neon sign advertising nectar to hummingbirds and ...

Why is my lilac tree so temperamental? Last year, it would not bloom. This year there were 44 blossoms on it. That beats the record of two years ago when it presented 13 blooms. The lilac tree is ...

I added two trees to my yard a few years ago. One is a maple and the other is a lilac tree. My late friend Ron Markovich planted the maple, and Stockmen’s nursery planted the lilac tree.