"Syringa (Lilac) are stunning in spring with their recognisable flowers and fragrance ... secateurs once they're finished if you want your beautiful blooms looking their very best come next ...

Although in this case, the color is very much purple, and shades of purple in all of its delicate prettiness: It's the lilac we are loving upon, a flower that is now peaking at historic garden.

"The fragrance always reminds me of a candied lilac," says Moore ... The globe-shaped white flowers look absolutely beautiful in bloom, and it's a fairly low-maintenance shrub overall, says ...