Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring ...

A botanical mystery has been stirring through local social media the last couple of weeks as posters ponder about that big tree with the purple flowers. Colonies of trees with large spikes of lavender ...

Blooming in May-June and again in August-September, this stunning lilac tree is the perfect way to elevate your outdoor space and enjoy bright lavender-purple flowers spread over the entire canopy ...

They are beautiful, tough, tenacious and reliable shrubs – or small trees, like the white lilac tree that graces my yard each spring that may be as old as my century-plus home. New lilacs are being ...

Lilacs are only in flower for a few weeks a year but they have inspired great art, music and literature. Van Gogh and Monet painted them, singer-songwriter Nick Drake sang about the ‘lilac time’, and ...

Purple is popping out all over Houston. The vitex tree is having its moment. Vitex agnus-castus has many common names, including chaste tree, Texas lilac, lavender tree — even hemp tree for the ...

A purple lilac tree near the historic Schuyler House on Route 4 may date back to before the Revolutionary War, according to archival evidence gathered by the National Park Service and local gardeners.

Bangaloreans should be delighted to see large, orchid like purple flowers borne in profusion by many road side trees while commuting everyday. These are the Purple Bauhinia trees (Bauhinia purpurea) ...

Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring or summertime blooms. But while most flowering trees produce white or pink flowers, if you’re looking ...