Syringa vulgaris – the common purple lilac plant – looks like a large flowering bush with dense foliage and cone-like blooms. Lilac shrubs are in the Oleaceae family, which mea… See more

Lilac is a densely branched shrub because it has many stems that grow to form a large bush. Even though the common lilac can grow as tall as some trees, it is technically a large bus… See more

There are a few varieties of lilac that look like trees that can create stunning blooms at the end of spring. For example, the Pekin lilac tree (Syringa pekinensis) produces beautiful w… See more

Lilac flowers look like conical or pyramid-like clusters of smaller flowers. The blooms from lilacs can be anywhere between 6” to 8” (15 cm to 20 cm) in length. The most common sh… See more