Lilacs We Like: Persian, Chinese and Korean
There are a few gardens that do not include lilacs. Yet few contain the kinds that best enhance the garden picture throughout the year. The common lilac, Syringa vulgaris, its
There are a few gardens that do not include lilacs. Yet few contain the kinds that best enhance the garden picture throughout the year. The common lilac, Syringa vulgaris, its
Now that the leaves have fallen, examine bare stems of lilacs for oyster-shell-shaped scale infests several kinds of shrubs and trees and is especially fond of lilacs, Lombardy poplar, and
The common lilac, Syringa vulgaris, and its hundreds of forms and hybrids have always been garden favorites. Their beauty and fragrance have led horticulturists to expect too much from the
This lilac, introduced into England in 1909, is a native of Korea and Manchuria. It is an attractive addition to our hardy, deciduous flowering shrubs, well worthy of a space
It is fitting that lilacs, with their faculty of making human beings remember, go back into time beyond the memory of history. Many a family has been outlived by the
What could be lovelier than waking on a sunny May morning to the fresh fragrance of a dewy lilac just outside your window? The charm and sweetness of its multiple
The lilac tree, or common lilac, is a species of a perennial flowering multi-stemmed tiny tree that belongs to the Oleaceae family, which is the family of olive shrubs. The
Autumn is the best time to plant lilacs in all except the coldest sections of the country. You may plant them in spring, of course, but you must be sure to