I don’t know what it is.
Freshly cut lilacs.
Okay, I totally want a pair of crab scissors now.
These two huge lilac bushes live on the side of our house.
(That’s my vase on the ground to the right of them for scale.)
When we moved here 17 years ago there wasn’t much in the way of landscaping , but thankfully there were lilacs.
One white…
One dark purple.
Naturally, my favorite was always the paler shade…. but beggars can’t be choosers.
My girlfriend gave me a pale one 3 years ago, but it’s got a long way to go to catch up to it’s siblings.
Come on little fella, you can do it.
Of course, from the pace of growth…
I’ll probably be dead before it blooms.
Good thing the white one is prolific.
Ah….
Lilacs!
The smell is so memorable, too. My parents had one at their house, and I can still imagine that smell. Enjoy!
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I try to fill the house with cuttings as long as I can. Sadly, they don’t last long….
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I own two lilac-colored shirts. The smell has an interesting connotation for me because my ex was into aroma therapy when she was in labor with our second child, so that smell was everywhere that night. After the birth, she couldn’t stand the smell because… well, you can guess how labor pains and other associations would do that…
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It’s funny how smells can immediately take us back. When I’m inundated by diesel fumes? I time travel to childhood bus trips to NYC. But if lilacs remind you of childbirth? By all means, ban them.
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I like the smell… it reminds me of screaming…
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Well… whatever works for you.
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Freshly baked bread does it for me, so if you’re growing a bread tre, give me a shout!
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Hold on there…. food smells are an entirely different category and cannot be compared.
Freshly baked bread? I swoon…
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That’s ok then!
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How awesome! I love lilacs, my mom has a very big lilac in front of her house and it too is blooming so one can smell it all the inside the house. Lucky you 😎
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These are right outside the bedrooms… so with a cool breeze?
Perfection!
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Speaking of nearsighted turtles (which the last video is), I think I heard him/her asking, “Hey — didn’t there used to be a swimming pool here?”
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So annoying when they redecorate without telling us.
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Ah lilacs….
Wait a minute…
Is that the bush that Scooter always pees on?
…
Uh-huh, I thought so.
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Which is why I cut my blooms from the top….
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My lilacs took a big hit a couple years ago. I should get photos……I have a BIG pale lavender. I WANT the dark one.
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Women… we always want what we don’t have!
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Lilac fragrance is a bit of heaven! ~ Mona
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It really is…
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Lilacs and peonies are my favorite aroma flowers but neither grow down here!! ARGH!!
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Peonies are all budded…. stay tuned!
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Lilac is the best smell. There are some flowering trees or bushes that smell just awful. Not sure what they are called, but lucky for you with the lilac smell.
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I silently thank the original homeowner every year at this time.
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It is one of the best signs of spring in our yard. They smell so good.
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Lilacs are my absolute favorite flower. At our first home we had a 40-foot row of lilac bushes… that didn’t flower (well, there were one or two blooms here and there – that’s how I knew they were lilacs). At our current home there were 2 lilac bushes… that didn’t flower. I think they were both in spots that were too shaded? Anyway, I now trade my rhubarb for my neighbor’s lilacs each spring. I just wished the blooming time was longer.
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40 feet of bloomless bushes? That’s an awful shame… ours are in full sun, that may be the difference. Sadly once cut, they barely last a day. A fleeting pleasure to be sure!
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The BEST!
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