[grog111]

When i was a kid ,we had several lilac bushes around the yard. Some were purple, and others were white,(are the white one's lillac's?), but man, they smelled so good!!!

[Jayman]

Wont be long Fr8 Shaker. I have a couple of big lilac bushes (violet/purple) in my back yard. They bloomed a few days ago, here in Indiana. :)

[are12]

It's not the Lilac bush, my Mom has one in her yard.

You are right, the smell of a lilac is great. When they are in bloom, I love to get a bunch and it makes my whole house smell like lilac. It's too bad they did not stay in bloom longer!

I am not sure if the white ones are considered lilacs or not. We need to hear from Cheri on this one! lol

[BigBuzd1]

I do believe the purple bud in the south are either Wisteria or Crepe Myrtles...but the Myrtles are a smaller variety of tree.

heres a branch from the Wisteria, notice it hangs...the Lilac grows up

[cheri1122]

They are lilacs, no matter what color the blossoms. Several years ago, I mail ordered a new variety of lilac, called "Sensation". Every tiny floret was deep purple, edged in crisp white - beautiful, and it smelled lovely, too! Plant breeders keep coming up with cool new stuff like that, so gardeners are never 'done' with the gardens. I was not one to rearrange the furniture in the house, but I sure liked to rearrange the gardens, lol. ;)

[BigBuzd1]

just to clarify a little...the 2 pics i post are different beasts altogether. the wysteria is actually an invasive vine that eventually causes the tree it climbs to die over time...the lilac is bush or shrub mainly found in the northern states.
my wifes aunt was visiting florida and lives in Thunder Bay, ON and has a yard full of lilac...my wife seen the purple stuff in SC on the way home and made me stop to gather some...thinking it was lilac...it wasn't, it was wysteria...which still smells good...but not like lilac does.