May 7, Lilacs

© 2010 Susannah Storch

I love lilacs. And when we moved into our house, I kept saying, "If only we had some lilac bushes, I'd be set." And then one day late last spring, I walked around the back fence, and saw some sad but familiar-looking flowering purple plant. LILACS! We had about 4 huge bushes all along! I spent hours and hours pruning (is that the right verb?) the bushes early last summer in hopes they would produce healthy lilacs this spring. Happily, the bushes are blooming away right now. Happiness!