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.

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Plant your lilacs in a location that receives at least 6 hours of sunlight per day. If you're planting more than one lilac bush, make sure they are spaced at least 5 feet apart.

Q.: I have three lilac bushes that have been transplanted from a previous home about three years ago. They all look healthy now. The white one has blossomed ever since we transplanted them and is ...

Q. Last summer, we planted two small lilac bushes. Having grown up with lots of lilacs, I'm delighted to have them again. Some I have seen are more leaves than flowers in the spring while some are ...

With a deft, strong flip of her wrist, Elizabeth Billet wrenches a branch from a 7-foot-tall lilac bush, then instinctively sniffs the aroma of the heavy red-purple buds just barely hinting to unfold.

The plants, which come from rocky hillsides in the Balkans, need well-drained soil and full sun. An older lilac may stop blooming if neighboring trees have grown up to cast shade on it.

I have two lilac bushes that are 4 years old. Usually, they survive the winters in Northeast Ohio without any problems. However, this past winter was very harsh, and my lilac bushes did not do well.

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 ...

“Lilacs don’t like nitrogen and if you overfeed them, you’ll end up with big bushes and no blooms.” Parton’s lilac varieties date back to the 1800s and come from all over the world ...

Someone who lived in our house long before us, planted three lilac bushes along the border on one side of our yard. More than fifteen feet tall and nearly six to ten feet wide now, these mature, ...