Lilac Season is here!!!!
I wish I had taken a video of myself picking up lilacs…..apparently I look pretty funny when the local lilac season starts.My husband calls it My Lilac look….I have to say I am a bit scared of finding out what that might look like so chances are you will never get to see a video of me picking lilac up from the trade center.
If you are from the east coast you might understand the feeling as no other flower carries that same hypnotizing scent accompanied by those delicate and lush clusters of cascading blooms.
They seem capable of transporting you to a joyous land of permanent spring bliss.
While I sit here breathing in the blissful perfume of the beautiful locally grown lilacs I picked up this morning let me share with you some interesting facts about lilacs you might not know.
1 - There are over 1000 varieties of lilacs.
2- Lilacs - also known as Queen Of Shrubs - are EDIBLE!
3-The name "Lilac: comes from the Persian word "lilaq", which means flower.
4 - Purple lilacs symbolizes first love and white lilacs represent youthful innocence
5 - Lilacs come from the same “family” as Olive trees.
6 - Purple lilacs have the strongest fragrance.
7- The lilac is the state flower of New Hampshire
8 - Lilacs bushes can live over 100 years
9 - Lilacs have one of the shortest bloom times and only flower for three weeks at the beginning of spring
10- In Russia, holding a sprig of lilac over the newborn is said to bring wisdom to the child.
11- Lilac is the 8th wedding anniversary flower.
12 - The Celts regarded the lilac as “magical” due to their incredibly intoxicating fragrance. ( who can blame them)
13 -In Victorian times, the giving of a lilac was meant as a reminder of an old love. Widows were often seen wearing lilacs during mourning periods.
14 - The Lilac capital of the world is Rochester, New York, home of the Annual Lilac Festival
15- We do also have a local Lilac festival here in Julian . Find out more info here : Julian Lilac Festival 2022
15 - Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson had an affinity for lilacs and grew them in their gardens.
16 - Impressionists Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet both have famous works depicting the beauty of lilacs in their paintings.
LILACS IN THE SUN - MONET 1872
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