If you want to give your lilac bushes an additional boost to keep them healthy and grow beautiful lavender flowers, try ...

Lilac bushes, Syringa vulgaris, are native to southern Europe and Asia, thriving in US hardiness zones 3 to 7 and tolerating winter temperatures down to -40°F.

For about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard comments on the deliciously strong scent emanating from the two lilac shrubs ...

Lilac shrubs and trees are susceptible to certain insects and diseases which cause unwanted damage, according to the Ohio State University's Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine program.

Your lilac bush should respond and fill in with lush, healthy new growth from the base, with more flowers on the lower stems. Once you have your lilac looking good, ...

2. Harvest blossoms for culinary delights.. With a few bushes in our backyard, my favorite thing to make this time of year is lilac simply syrup—I use it in tea, lemonade, cocktails, even ...

In season, lilacs are an extravagance of color and fragrance — especially when you have something like 437 plants, representing 138 different species and varieties, as the New York Botanical ...

Q: I have two lilac bushes that have never bloomed. They are several years old and about 3 to 4 feet tall. How do I get them to bloom? — BarbS575, New Mexico A: It would break my heart to have ...

Parton has Ballreich to thank for his first ever Lilac plants. “She gave me much of what I have growing here,” Parton said. It took five years for his own lilacs to establish, and once they ...