At garden centers, on garden tours, over dinner and in emails, people are asking about a tree with fragrant white flowers. It's a Japanese lilac tree (Syringa reticulata), a gorgeous beauty that ...

Garden centers typically display plants by their types – trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetables, and so on. Gardeners, on the other hand, aren’t always looking for particular plants or plant types.

Toward the middle to the end of spring the unmistakable scent of lilacs begins to fill the air. A staple of cottage gardens, they have an aura of nostalgia with a sweet scent touched with subtle hints ...

Lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) are known as a low-maintenance and hardy woody shrub, providing vibrant blooms and filling gardens with their distinctive scent. Loved by gardeners across the country, they ...