Photo of Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) uploaded by Bonehead

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Location: IL
Date: 2012-04-17
#Pollination Red Admiral Butterfly

Date: 2023-05-18
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2021-04-06
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2016-05-26
Flowers of my common lavender Lilac were pink in 2016… not sure
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-06-01
Common lilac

Date: 2012-04-18
Location: Central Arizona
Date: 2008-04-05
A swallowtail butterfly on the lilacs at the trailhead., Vee-Bar-
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-03-13
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-03-13
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: 2019-04-10
Location: Warren, Vermont
Date: 2023-05-31
This color 💜💜💜❤️
Location: Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-05-03
By the Martin Mylin III 1787 House
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-20
At Sunriver Gardens
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-04-24
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-03-24
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-05-29
Seedling of 'Arch McKean'. Buds are light yellow to blush pink.

Date: 2023-05-18
Location: Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2023-04-19
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-03-20
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-03-20
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-03-20
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2009-04-29
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-05-31
Mature common lilac.  Wonderful fragrance.

Date: 2014-04-28
Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2008-12-13
 Seedheads left for the birds

Date: 2022-06-07
KODAK Digital Still Camera
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-03-27
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-05-14

Date: 2014-04-28

Date: 2012-04-18
Location: 812 Shober Street Winston-Salem, NC
Date: April 17, 2022
Common lilac #33 nn; LHB p. 801, 166-10-12, "From Greek for pipe.
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2010-04-04
Location: Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-03-27
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-03-11

Date: 2022-06-07
KODAK Digital Still Camera
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-04-20
flowers and leaves
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 5/7/15
Taken with full overcast in the early evening.
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-03-27

Date: 2012-04-18

Date: 2012-04-18
Location: Romania
Date: 2022-05-03
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: Spring 2007
The top of my \"big\" common purple lilac about 12' tall
Location: Willow Valley Communities Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2020-05-03
By the Martin Mylin III 1787 House
Photo by nmumpton
Location:  812 Sober Street  Winston-Salem, NC
Date: April 17, 2022
Common lilac #33 nn; LHB p. 801, 166-10-12, "From Greek for pipe.
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2023-05-28
My seedling vulgaris lilac can be dazzling in the sunshine.
Location: Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-04-20
At Sunriver Gardens
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-11
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-06-04
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: Spring 2007
My \"small\" common purple lilac about 5' tall
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 20 May 2022
My beautiful white seedling lilac.  Classic lilac fragrance which
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2009-05-04
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Darwell Rolling Woods, Alberta
Date: 2007-04-20
Location: Hood, Alabama
Location: Columbus, OH
Date: 4-24-2003
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-04-20
full-grown regular Common Lilac
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2009-12-20
two shrubs in winter
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-05-05
Photo by purpleinopp
Location: Massachusetts
Date: 2016-05-19
Photo by purpleinopp
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 17 May 2022
Burgundy-stemmed new growth!  Florets are tiny.  Overall, eye cat
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 27 May 2022
A showier bloom among generic “common lilac” shrubs at the ga

Date: 2011-05-22

Date: 2017-05-15

Old fashioned lilacs.
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2009-04-05
Location: Holladay, UT
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-30-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-30-12
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-07
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Malvern, Pennsylvaina
Date: 2019-04-27
full-grown shrub in bloom
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-04-26
full-grown shrub in bloom
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-04-02
The smaller of my two common lilacs.  It's only 6' tall and about
Location: Victoria, Australia.
Date: October
credit: Jjron

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: Spring 2007
My \"big\" common purple lilac from the front.
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2010-04-27
Just starting to leaf out.  This is my \"big\" common lilac.
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: CZ Sirem
Date: 4000-05-08
Location: CZ Sirem
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: Holladay, UT
Location: Holladay, UT
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2014-04-16
Early spring
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-15
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11

Date: 2018-03-26
Spring growth!
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-02
Location: CZ Sirem
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: CZ Sirem
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: CZ Sirem
Date: 2015-05-07

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