Lilacs are fragrant flowering shrubs that are easy to grow and remarkably vigorous and long-lived. They are suitable for planting in both large and small gardens. In addition, you can stagger blooming times by planting a variety of cultivars.

Lilacs or Syringa belong to the Oleaceae family. This botanical family includes various plants that are very important in agriculture, silviculture and horticulture, including ash and olive trees, forsythia and jasmine.

There are some twenty natural and hybrid Syringa species. Most of the natural species are native to southeastern Europe and eastern Asia, especially China. Lilac shrubs vary in height depending on the species, and bloom in a wide range of colours.