Lovely! I bet it smells great too!

Congrats!

Susie

Jealousy here. If it smells like a lilac, I'm coming down there and dig it up. ;-)

LOL! It smells good, but it's definitely not my mother's lilac bush... her's was a 40-year old common lilac, 8-ft. tall with large, fragrant sprays. I have a vivid memory of burying my face in the huge bouquets I'd pick. Simply heaven.

Di

You're just saying that so I won't come and steal it. ;-) I had Blue Skies (I think) S. vulgaris that bloomed *once* in my yard. It was a small bloom but was heavenly. I couldn't get it to bloom again, it only bloomed the first year. :-( I've been tempted to try the Persian one, still thinking about it.

I am so jealous....I can't believe it is blooming at this time of year - when I lived in Glendale I had a few that bloomed in the early spring and that was it for the season! What is their location in your yard?

Enjoy!

AAJones... I planted it next to my garden shed, east facing, so it gets morning and afternoon sun up until about 2:00 p.m. I haven't fertilized it or anything so I'm not sure why it's blooming now. Very strange.

Di

Very pretty! Thanks for sharing it. I really like the blooms.

Take care,
Grant

I thought I would chime in here....from cold, old Minnesota....where lilacs are scorn for being so ridiculously common. They are used along just about every highway and found in almost every yard....meanwhile we drool over bougainvillea and Oleander(relegated to expensive summer annuals here). I guess that's the human condition though.
There is a beautiful cutleaf form of Persion lilac-Syringa persica laciniata or Syringa laciniata....I would try this considering your success with Persian lilac. I grow it in my yard and I love it! Here we get repeat bloom on the xprestoniae hybrid lilacs(Miss Canadaetc....) and also on the Korean lilac...there are some blooms on each of these here right now....otherwise lilacs are a May thing. These last two lilacs would probably atleast bloom a bit for you also.

Thanks John,

Lilacs are about the only thing I miss about living in a colder climate.

That you drool over oleander makes me laugh, I like it too, though it has a reputation for being messy and unattractive.

Di