Lilacs

07/26/2017

Syringa vulgaris (lilac or common lilac) is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae.

Photo credit to Dennis Gottlieb

05/25/2016

Common lilac tends to flower profusely in alternate years, a habit that can be improved by deadheading the flower clusters after the color has faded and before seeds, few of which are fertile, form.

05/23/2016

smells so sweet! took this picture this morning (photo by Avery Carson Daniels).

05/11/2015

what songs would you put on a lilac playlist?

So deep and torn, love it to death. "Lilac Wine" by Nina Simone. From the 1966 "Wild Is the Wind" album.

05/05/2014

lilacs before the bloom (can't wait!)

05/06/2012

when the lilacs arrive, that's when i know it's almost time for dumpster diving all the lovely things rich college students leave behind.

05/03/2010

(photo by Melanie Daniels)

04/27/2010

bushes can live for hundreds of years!

04/13/2010

are edible. Have you ever eaten them?