Little is as evocative in spring as the fragrance of lilac blossom. Even if these shrubs didn’t carry such a powerfully sweet, heady scent, they would still be a spectacle, adorned with such an abundance of flowers at this time of year, their branches dripping with heavy panicles.
Lilacs are seen as a little old-fashioned – something your grandmother might have grown, perhaps – but there’s nothing wrong with a little romantic nostalgia. After all, we’re living in a time when ‘Grandmacore’ is trending on TikTok. The ‘lifestyle trend’ of the moment embraces all things traditional in a bid to foster a sense of cosiness and security that harks back to memories of visiting grandparents – not all that surprising given the turmoil of the past couple of years. So planting
