This is the time of year for lilacs. They warm the hearts of those of us who grew up at a time when almost everybody had a lilac bush in their yard. Syringa vulgaris is in the
olive family (Oleaceae). We don't have a lilac bush at home but yesterday I was walking by the lake house and I smelled lilac - verrrry pungent, and there was a bush right by the
front porch. It is small and delicate but after Jan cut some flowers and put them in the kitchen the fragrance was so overwhelming that we had to take them out to the screen
porch. Sometimes breathing trumps beauty.
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