Lilacs are such a bright spot in spring, serving as a reminder to us that warmer days are ahead. If you are approaching a garden or neighborhood with blooming lilacs, you’re sure to smell them before ...

With dozens of species, cultivars, and hybrid varieties, there's a lilac shrub in a color and size to suit any yard. Once established, these plants are drought-tolerant and low-maintenance, while ...

Lilacs are an icon of spring, blooming in shades from deep purple to pale lavender to white all over the Chicago area. Yet lilac bushes can be monsters. Hardy and resilient, a lilac can live for many ...

Add purple plants to your yard and enjoy the bold, colorful blooms all season long. We found purple flowering plants for ...

The sight and fragrance of lilacs, blooming in shades from deep violet-purple to pink to white, are among the splendors of spring. If you’d like to have that splendor in your yard, be careful about ...

Lilacs (Syringa spp.) are a popular landscaping bush prized for their clustered flowers and pleasant fragrance. While these plants are best known for their signature light purple blooms, they can also ...

Somehow it’s May, and I hope you, unlike me, have already planted your warm-season veggies. As usual, I bought too many tomato plants and, as I write this in late April, they are still sitting on a ...

Historically, I don’t identify as a plant person. For houseplants, I tend to overwater and just LOVE them too much. For ...

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) ...

Spring sure is on fast-forward this year — typically, there would not be lilacs blooming in Central Illinois until late April. But I’ve spotted lilacs in full bloom all over the area this week. Spring ...

Mackinac’s lilac love runs deep. But what makes them so special? Some of the oldest lilacs in the United States grow here.