I absolutely love lilacs, they are so pretty to look at and they smell so nice. There is a lilac tree right by the door where I enter and exit at work. When I walk by the tree, I find myself inhaling a deep breath of air so that I can smell the lilac's beautiful scent.



Absolutely gorgeous!

SammiJ said:

co- Seeing lilac trees in full bloom tells me that spring is officially here.

I love the smell. Awwww. Spring in full effect.

july said:

If you cut lots of the flowers off, it'll make more grow the next year.
We used to live in an old house that had three old lilac trees. One dark purple, one light purple with double flowers and one blue. They all smelled divine but different.The blue was the best. The flowers are all I miss from that house.

Theres a lilac bush bout half a mile from my apt.

For the last 2 yrs now, ive been getting on the Vespa and going for a ride and stopping and stealing like hordes of them and putting them in my living room and bedroom.

If you cut them, make sure that you take a knife and scrape of the outer bark and bout half of the stem.

They will live longer.

lazycrockett said:

lol.

The lilacs in our backyard are blooming now.

psychodelicide said:

and cherry blossoms isn't spring groovy?

psychodelicide said:

I saw some today. They smell great! Breathe in. Yeah.

shellyevon said:

Didn't know that cutting the flowers off a lilac tree will make it bloom even more the following year, that's pretty cool. I also didn't know that lilac trees could have double flowers on them, I would love to see that!

Driving to work today, I passed a front yard where there were lots of lilac trees, one of them was white. Soooo pretty, I wanted to jump out of my car and steal some of them. I didn't though.

lazycrockett said:

I don't blame you for stealing lilac flowers, they are pretty. Thanks for the tip about scraping off the outer bark, I appreciate it. Every time I get a lilac flower, even if it's put in water right away, it gets droopy by the next day.

meow85 said:

How awesome! Next to the building where I live, there is a lilac tree that is blooming. Need to go outside when it's dark and cut some of the blossoms off.

XxAxX said:

Sure is! The cherry blossom trees are also really pretty, even though they don't have a scent.

july said:

A lilac blossom is one smell I can never get enough of. I even have a lilac scented candle in my house. While it's burning, my whole house smells like a lilac tree.

whoa beautiful flowers!!!

I like Lillies myself though...



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missfee said:

Stargazer lillies!!! I love those too, they also smell good.

does anyone else love dandelions? even the word is delightful. dandelionnnnn

psychodelicide said:

At my old high school there were lilacs growing in the yard next door. As soon as they'd bloomed the students would have them all picked.

XxAxX said:

XxAxX said:

Dandelions are one of my favourites. They're only a weed because people said so. I say they're beautiful flowers.

daffodils are pretty too....

XxAxX said:

Dandy lion. A lion that's all dressed up in his Sunday best. Just teasing.

meow85 said:

I believe it.

meow85 said:

People even eat the dandelion leaves in a salad and whatnot.

missfee said:

Daffodils are so cheery-looking, and there's different varieties of them too.

I've always liked snapdragons.

psychodelicide said:

Yes!

I have a recipe somewhere for dandelion wine, though I've never tried making it.

WillyWonka said:

My mom planted snapdragons in her garden one year, they are very pretty! Another flower that comes in variety of colors. I also like hyacinths:



These also smell really pretty!