It is not a beautiful shrub and the common lilac is best planted out in the open, in full sun and treated as screen or border. Dwarf varieties are tidier; the standard lilac is a leggy ...

Olive green above, dusky purple below -- these are the leaves of Arabian lilac, an evergreen shrub that provides year-round color in the garden. Arabian lilac (Vitex trifolia ‘Purpurea’) is ...

Dear Carol: Our lilac tree is almost 15 years old. It sits in direct sun on our level front lawn with good drainage. I add new mulch every year. Within the past two years it has started to show a ...