Blooming Lilacs

I’ve always liked lilac bushes.  Probably because my mom was crazy about them and had a bunch around the home place when I was growing up.  And then they’re a nice herald of spring, and they just smell so wonderful!

When we moved to this little farm, one of the first things I did was order a lilac that would survive southern summers.  I got the variety “Lavender Lady” from Wayside Gardens.  It’s grown so tall I now need a ladder to trim the top.

It’s surrounded by a pallet fence because certain goats and llamas seem to think it’s a very tasty plant!  (Same thing with the trumpet vine to the right.)

Here’s a close-up picture of one of the blooms:

I had to use the telephoto lens to get the picture because most of the blooms are at the top of the bush.

But that’s not the only lilac bush here!  A few years ago I got some starts off three bushes from the old home place.  One is the regular lilac color. . .

I can remember the one in our yard when I was growing up, and it was HUGE!  But then my mom decided to try some different colors, and also got a “red” lilac. . .

And my smallest lilac came from a little piece I got off the white lilac.

I was thrilled to see these transplanted lilacs blooming for the first time this year.

It’s a little touch of home from West Virginia.