The very vintage lilac bush is loved by many including myself. Easy to grow, requires sun but will tolerate less than most flowering bushes.
When we moved into our 1920 era home there were very few shrubs, trees and plants. Present day and some 22 years later, our yard is filled with favorite flowering plants. Most of which I dug up at old abandoned farms. Peonies, iris, tulips, lilacs and old fashioned spirea were but some of the transplants.
The lilacs in the picture come from one of the rural abandon farm digs. I would think the plant to be quite old probably 100 years at least and are the old fashioned variety. I believe the older species of lilacs produce a more pungent flavored bloom. I also have white ones.
I planted a few right outside our living room window so that when I open the window their sweet scent travels through the space.
After they bloom you will need to clip the old blooms, usually late spring early summer when they turn brown is the best time. I learned that from an elderly neighbor years ago.
We're getting a nice spring rain, light and soft. The ginkgo tree is beginning to leaf. It's one of the last trees to leaf out. Once it does though it's beautiful and I would say my favorite tree minus the buckeye. We have a buckeye tree a few houses down. In the fall the nuts fall from the tree and I gather a small basket of the shiny stones. I once heard an old timer say that if you carry a buckeye in your pocket it will bring you luck.
Enjoy caring and sharing spring days.
Jill 00
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