Drive by farms in the northern tier of the United States and much of rural Canada, and you’ll see groves of lilac bushes next to outhouses. Or, more probably, next to the places where outhouses used ...

Lilacs are only in flower for a few weeks a year but they have inspired great art, music and literature. Van Gogh and Monet painted them, singer-songwriter Nick Drake sang about the ‘lilac time’, and ...

The purple lilac is New Hampshire's state flower and right now it is in full bloom or near full in the North.To celebrate the fragrant flower and its place in the state, Lisbon hosts an annual Lilac ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

There’s a reason that purple is so often associated with royalty; the rich, deep color just appears so stately, especially when contrasted with lighter, jauntier colors like pink or yellow. If you ...

Walt Whitman holds the sprig of lilac by its supple woody stem, holds it to his great-bearded face and breathes in its sensuous perfume. The unmistakable scent works on his poet’s brain, conjuring ...

March is here, and so is the march of the flowers at Southern California's gardens and floral destinations. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Which means that just about every ...

The purple lilac became the New Hampshire state flower after one of the biggest kerfuffles in the State House. I’ll tell you the story.>> See the video archive of Fritz's stories The purple lilac ...

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 ...

Lombard's lilacs are almost in full bloom, or so says the official "bloom 'o' meter." But it's not as if the showy flowers explode all at once in Lilacia Park, the epicenter of Lilac Time, a ...

In the Hampshire garden of my childhood, lilacs grew effortlessly because they love the lime-rich chalky soil. But I hardly ever saw them in bloom because I went to a boarding school in Berkshire, and ...