One of the signature indicators of spring is the gently wafting scent of the common lilac (syringa vulgaris). I look forward to daily checking my mail because of the lilac bush by the mailbox.

A reader recently reminded me that I once suggested planting peas when lilac leaves are the size of a mouse's ear. For most folks, that's about the size of your smallest fingernail, perhaps half ...

If so, replacing the lilac with a better adapted species might be the best option ... Peonies are susceptible to a couple of common fungal diseases – leaf blotch and botrytis blight. Leaf blotch is ...

It looks like the leaves are browning and curling, especially around the edges. Some branches are pretty much brown. A: That sounds like a classic case of leaf scorch from the intense heat and dry ...

First, those dead blotches on your lilac leaves are caused by moth larvae, Caloptilia syringella: tiny, quarter-inch-long caterpillars. They appeared in epic numbers last summer. They mine tissue ...

The bacteria cause flower blights, cankers, shoot blights, and diebacks. Symptoms often begin as expanding leaf spots. On lilac and viburnum, small spots expand to irregularly shaped brown lesions ...

Cancel anytime. A lilac with pseudocercospora Q • My 30-year-old lilacs are getting lots of brown spots on their leaves, and some of the leaves are falling off. The same thing happened last year.

They are each harboring lilac leaf miners. Those brown patches on most leaves contain a caterpillar, one of the life stages of the pest. These eat tissue between the leaves and then use a silk ...

The bloom sequence will continue until around mid-May, Ms. Finley predicts, as the Asian species and their selections take over, such as the cut-leaf lilac (Syringa x laciniata) and compact ...

The rule of thumb is to plant your peas when lilac leaves are the size of a mouse's ear. I have learned that the average mouse's ear is about the size of my little fingernail. If you don't happen ...

Q. This year the foliage on my lilac shrubs developed tan coloured blotches. What caused this and how should I manage the problem?