Lilacs are the fragrant stars of any sensory garden with their alluring scent and brilliant flower clusters in various shades of pink, magenta, and purple. It's not surprising, then, that the lilac is ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y (WROC) — Is the Flower City’s Lilac Festival the best flower festival in the country? From the Colorado Lavender Festival to the Portland Rose Festival and the Nashville Cherry Blossom ...

Not only are our gardens bursting with color right now, they are also giving off heavenly fragrances that sweep away the last vestiges of winter doldrums and COVID blues. Right now, Spokane’s namesake ...

Somehow it’s May, and I hope you, unlike me, have already planted your warm-season veggies. As usual, I bought too many tomato plants and, as I write this in late April, they are still sitting on a ...

Create your own exquisite floral masterpiece! This step-by-step guide shows you how to use a vintage vessel and chicken wire ...

A research team has unveiled the molecular mechanism behind the fading of lilac (Syringa oblata) flowers, a long-standing mystery in ornamental plant biology. The ...

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Lesser-known but equally garden-worthy examples include the majestic Salvia sclarea var. turkestaniana ‘Vatican Pink’, a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s finally warm enough to sleep with the windows open and let the scent of lilacs drift in on the breeze. That inspired me to try something that swept ...