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Magnolia, especially the southern grandiflora species (7-9), is another highly aromatic shrub or tree that puts forth large, ...

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Magnolia, especially the southern grandiflora species (7-9), is another highly aromatic shrub or tree that puts forth large, ...

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To further encourage pruning, if these tree-form lilacs aren’t trimmed, they can become overly woody and begin declining. Sucker shoots growing from the base are also common, and need to be ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...

There's a lovely collection of lilac cultivars known as the Bloomerang group, developed by Proven Winners Plants. What's special about these varieties is that they will bloom not only in spring but ...

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 ...

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff This time of the year, you might be feeling a bit of plant envy looking around at all of the flowering trees and shrubs — and the lilacs could be at the top of your list.

Most are from Asia, but two are from Southeastern Europe, including the common lilac, S. vulgaris, from which the majority of the 1,600-plus known cultivars get part of their genetics.