Pretty cut lilac flowers in a white pot on a small wooden table outdoors - Natalia Greeske/Shutterstock Lilacs are the fragrant stars of any sensory garden with their alluring scent and brilliant ...

The sight and fragrance of lilacs, blooming in shades from deep violet-purple to pink to white, are among the splendors of spring. If you’d like to have that splendor in your yard, be careful about ...

Dear Master Gardener: Can a dwarf Korean lilac be purchased in tree form? Answer: Yes, a dwarf Korean lilac, also known as a Meyer lilac (Syringa meyeri Palibin), is sometimes grafted on a separate ...

Q: We have a large tree-form lilac that needs to be trimmed back quite significantly. I can’t trim very far before I cut off a lot of leaves. What’s the best way to do this? Should I be concerned that ...

Q: My lilacs look like death-warmed-over this time of year. Do you know what’s wrong, and is there anything I can do at this point? A: Lilacs are sadly not very well-suited to our Mid-Atlantic ...

Lilacs in Western Washington can be thinned out by removing weak or crossing branches and by cutting the oldest stems or trunks close to ground level. This gives the younger side shoots a chance to ...

One of the signature indicators of spring is the gently wafting scent of the common lilac (syringa vulgaris). I look forward to daily checking my mail because of the lilac bush by the mailbox. It is ...

Pruning lilacs in fall can ruin next year’s blooms since flower buds form from late summer to early fall. The best time to prune lilacs is right after spring flowering—within about six weeks—to shape ...