Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the signature indicators of spring is the gently wafting scent of the common lilac (syringa vulgaris). I look forward to ...

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 ...

The 80-degree days Southern California experienced as March began prompted the Promenade area of Descanso Gardens, the pretty ...

If you want to give your lilac bushes a little boost to help encourage large blooms and bright colors, all you have to do is take a look around your home and garden. Turns out, these flowers are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Plants and trees have been feeling the impact of Minnesota’s mild winter and wet spring that followed. Some people have seen their lilac bushes looking a bit different this year and experts are ...

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 ...

RICHFIELD, Minn. — A popular spring flower is giving an unusual encore in September. Lilacs have been spotted blooming for a second time this year in neighborhoods across the Twin Cities and beyond.

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 ...

Spring pruning can rejuvenate many types of plants and make way for fresh leafy growth. However, there are some ...