The lilac's in full bloom this evening

[Mousetoescamper]

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Just gorgeous

And I’ll bet it smells gorgeous, too! One of my favorite flower scents.

We had to cover ours for the night due to a freeze warning. The buds on ours are still teeny tiny.

[Mousetoescamper]

5. Thanks, Diamond_Dog! There was no fragrance for the past two springs...

but yesterday I could smell it as soon as I opened the back door! I think last week's highs in the 80s did the trick.

There was a frost warning for this area last night but none formed here. I'm in hardiness zone 6 and our average last frost date is April 21-30. To play it safe I usually don't take my houseplants outdoors until the week after Mother's Day.

[Diamond_Dog]

13. I'm in zone 6 too (well, 6a)

Your plant must be an early bloomer or you’re farther South of me. I look forward to those beautiful sweet scented blooms every year. They were my Grandmother’s favorite so they remind me of her. And it seems every April (even a few times in May) we have to sweat out an occasional frost/freeze.

My Crabapple tree is always abloom for Mother’s Day but strangely, it’s blooming right now - seems oddly early this year for some reason.

[Mousetoescamper]

18. I've noticed that a lot of plants and trees seem to be flowering early and simultaneously this year.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. pretty

[Mousetoescamper]

6. Thanks, BlueWaveNeverEnd!

[Cha]

3. Beautiful.. my Mum's favorite

Flower!

Mahalo!

[Mousetoescamper]

7. Thanks, Cha!

The pleasure's mine!

[Cha]

9. Oh I got a lot out of it, too! lol

You're Welcome!

[Walleye]

4. That is an outstanding lovely lilac bush

[Mousetoescamper]

8. Thanks, Walleye!

[ggma]

10. My grandmother had a lilac bush

that my mother used to hide in when she was a kid. When I was about ten, she showed me the branch in the back that you had to lift up to crawl under to reach the little "cave" there. It was so wonderful, cool and fragrant, a perfect hideaway.

gg

[Mousetoescamper]

14. I'm glad that the photo evoked pleasant childhood memories, ggma!

[ggma]

17. Funny one, too.

Granny always looked right at that bush when she stepped out the back door to call me. 😉

Appreciate your posts, whether I comment or not. You have become one of my favorites. You seem rather chill (as my grands say)!

gg

[brer cat]

11. That is beautiful, and one of my favorites.

[Mousetoescamper]

15. Thanks, brer cat!

[slightlv]

12. I love lilacs...

and this is just beautiful! Wonderful photography, too. Wish I could do even a little as good as this is! This bush reminds me of the one we had in the backyard of my childhood home. It was older and much larger, tho... so large that I'd sit for hours inside it, surrounding myself with the scent. Thanks for the good memory!

[Mousetoescamper]

16. Thanks and you're welcome, slightlv!

[judesedit]

19. My favorites. i can still smell them. I used to sell bunches as a child.

Lucky you.

[Mousetoescamper]

24. When I was a child my mother and grandmother always had lilacs in their homes this time of year.

[BOSSHOG]

20. Thanks so much for the beautiful picture

[Mousetoescamper]

25. Thanks and you're welcome, BOSSHOG!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Thank you, my dear Mousetoescamper, for this gorgeous blooming lilac!

The color is just magnificent and the surrounding plants and fence really help show it off.

The light is also perfect!

[Mousetoescamper]

26. Thanks and you're welcome, Peggy!

[MLAA]

22. Stunning! Isn't nature grand?

[Mousetoescamper]

27. Thanks, MLAA!

[AllaN01Bear]

23. ohm myyy!

[Mousetoescamper]

28. Thanks, AllaN01Bear!

[Callalily]

29. Wow! How gorgeous.

[Mousetoescamper]

30. Thanks, Callalily!