These spring-blooming lilacs are beautiful and amazingly fragrant.
You know summer is on the way when lilac shrubs welcome spring with their glorious, fragrant blooms.
These shrubs are easy to care for and long-lived beauties.
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Looking for a jot down of lilac (Syringaspp.)
To help narrow the list, check out these 12 selections.
They all have eye-catching and fantastically fragrant blooms that perfume the air in spring.
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Thisvariety performs wellin warm winter areas.
As the flowers mature, the lilac fragrance becomes even more pronounced.
Its 10-inch flower heads start as red and turn purple during late spring.
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It flowers in almost any part of the country, even without a winter chill period.
you might fit this variety into adrought-tolerant garden planbecause it can survive mild, periodic drought.
Remember to prune it onlyafter floweringto avoid removing any of the current seasons flowers.
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The color is similar to that of President Grevy, but it has single flowers.
It has a history of being apopular selection in presidential gardens.
Introduced in 1916, this variety is named in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
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The flowers of this award-winning shrub are a pale creamy yellow and white.
As the plant ages, the blooms turn a deeper shade of yellow.
Its exceptionally fragrant blooms are fantastic in aflower arrangement.
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However, its bicolored blossoms are its most winning feature.
Its purple blooms are distinctly edged in white.
Its compact branching allows it to squeeze intosmall gardensand evencontainers.
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The blooms are an unusually warm pink that stands out against the wine-red buds.
This variety has a unique fragrance thats more spicy than sweet.
It is deer-resistant and right at home in asongbird and butterfly garden.
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Smaller than most lilac shrubs, Bloomerang is theperfect choice for small gardens.
After that, it blooms annually.
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