lilac time!

Doesn't everyone Ana?

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So much pleasure looking out today at the lilacs and eventually going outside to plant up hanging baskets. The smell was so fragrant throughout the day.

I have got carried away I know but I have planted hanging baskets and will take my chances. The garden is quite ridiculous at the moment with last years geraniums in bloom and nemisia and petunias showing good growth.

What has surprised me is the fact I live in the Midlands not south of the country. Jack Frost might 'nab me' but I will take my chances.

My mother used to change ours! Velvet in the winter and floral cotton in the summer and lots of huffing and puffing as ours were all huge and floor-length.

Yes, lilacs. I love them and have several, but DBH is threatening to get rid of one because it sends suckers into his bed of black plants, and my neighbour is doing his best to kill another. He puts weedkiller on the suckers on his side, and it stops the tree from flowering or coming into leaf at the back against the fence. It does look very odd, but I'm not going to cut it down. It was there long before he was.

I have a beautiful little miniature lilac in a pot too. It's only 2' high.

I have a big vase full of bluebells on my mantelpiece.

You have 'summer' curtains, Aka...?

Lilac, bluebells, tulips, cherry blossom, choisya all out. Hawthorn in bud ready to pop. Summer curtains put up today.

Bluebells are taking over my garden, but they're Spanish bluebells, not the more delicate English ones. How can I get rid of them? The bulbs lie very deep down and are hard to dig out. I've tried weedkiller, but they seem to thrive on it!

I've got hundreds of bluebells out in my front garden that came out a fortnight ago, much earlier than other years. There's a white lilac tucked away in the wrong place that needs to go in the slight shade. It's flowering, but not abundantly. I love lilacs, of any colour.

I'm in the north west. The bluebells appeared a couple of days ago. My lilac tree is no where near blooming - I shall feed it tomorrow!

Oh how I wish I had a lilac!

Both my lilacs and bluebells are flowering away merrily, they are a joy to behold!

Both my ancient lilac trees gave up the ghost a few years ago so I bought a little one last year and it's got flowers - lots. I am so surprised. Very small, only about 3' high and a lovely deep purple. I always used to park the pram under the old trees and it reminds me of my youngest 'baby' gurgling away to herself.

Gosh, yours are well ahead. Bluebells are well out in my garden and my fritillaries have been best ever, having been underwater for weeks, but my lilac is nowhere near flowering yet. For white, what about Madame Lemoine? It's double with a really good scent.