Why is my lilac tree so temperamental? Last year, it would not bloom. This year there were 44 blossoms on it. That beats the record of two years ago when it presented 13 blooms. The lilac tree is not ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Three new lilac trees were recently planted at Chief Garry Park near the center ball field. Spokane Urban Forestry said these trees will provide shade for spectators while enhancing ...

I got an email from one of my readers a couple of weeks ago who has enjoyed my column for a number of years, and she asked me whether she should prune her lilac now and how she should go about pruning ...

Someone who lived in our house long before us, planted three lilac bushes along the border on one side of our yard. More than fifteen feet tall and nearly six to ten feet wide now, these mature, ...

Q: What’s growing on the trunk of my lilac tree? — Phyllis D. A: Your photo shows mushrooms growing on the trunk, which are the visible, exterior "fruiting bodies" of fungi. Mushrooms generally live ...