It’s my favorite time of year—when the spring breeze picks up the heady, ambrosial perfume of our fleeting lilacs. We open all the windows in our house and let our fluffy backyard bushes waft through ...

Lilacs should be pruned annually as part of your spring/summer garden maintenance checklist. If your lilac bush is overgrown, it can withstand more rigorous pruning for rejuvenation. Lilac growth is ...

Many plants benefit from some type of pruning, whether it's a conservative reshaping or a harder cut to rejuvenate. One plant that benefits greatly from pruning is the lilac shrub. Over time, lilacs ...

Discover why Spokane, Washington, has earned the nickname “Lilac City.” ...

Lilac bushes are not only fragrant, but they also add interest and color to any landscape, re-blooming year after year. Known as some of the hardiest shrubs around ...

Asked to name her favorite flower in a Facebook post, wedding florist Trista Rose Guillaume Miller didn’t hesitate. “Lilacs. Probably my favorite flower,” Miller wrote. “I have fond memories of ...

Q: I have a marvelous large old lilac bush in the backyard that continues to grow well for me year after year. I wasn’t paying enough attention to it this past year, and a volunteer trumpet vine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gary Parton invites Megan Rosenbloom to smell fresh lilacs at Idyllwild Lilac Garden. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) ...

I received a Facebook message telling me someone’s lilacs are starting to bloom again. It turns out there are many lilac bushes reblooming now. Let’s see if we can find out why. On Sept. 5, Tanner ...

If your lilacs are looking rough right now, it is probably lilac leaf spot, a relatively new fungal disease in Minnesota. Symptoms typically appear from July to September. Leaves turn yellow, then ...