The Met Office says that April's unusually sunny and dry weather conditions has led to a major shift in plant growth cycles - ...

Highland Park will soon be full of live music, food vendors, and crowds smelling the fragrant scent of lilacs. The 127th ...

On Friday, thousands will gather at Highland Park for some live music, food, rides, and of course, to see the lilacs, at this year’s Lilac Festival.For 127 years, the Lilac Festival has welcomed ...

Having grown up in Colorado, four seasons is the norm. With the smell of lilacs, the sight of baby animals and the sound of birds, we finally spring free of cold, short winter days. No wonder New ...

The most-used privacy tree in the United States is the Leyland Cypress. Its soft, feathery leaves and sturdy, ...

Over time, lilacs can become unruly and overgrown. Pruning keeps the plant a manageable size, preventing overcrowding and ...

One of my earliest memories of a garden occurred in northern Germany at the home of my maternal grandmother, Renate. With a ...

The entire month was given over to devotions to the Mother of God, aka the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Catholic schools ...

As spring transforms the Inland Northwest with blooming trees, budding lilacs, and golden-yellow Arrowleaf balsamroot carpeting hillsides, another kind of renewal is taking place along the banks of th ...

Lilacs are prized for their large fragrant petals composed of many individual florets. Some of these have a double form to ...

Lilacs, which bloom on the previous season’s growth, start the bud-setting process pretty quickly after flowering, so Ms.

The cardinal, the latest of a lineage that has been signaling from the tallest tree in the garden for generations; the ...