This is the time of year when we can experience a particularly appealing fragrance - the scent of lilacs. But as all things have been weird this spring, the lilacs have been no different. The lilacs bloomed early, but they haven't been very fragrant. If you stuck your nose right into a fully-opened cluster, you could detect a slight scent. But today, with temperatures soaring into the high 70s, lilac fragrant filled the air. Definitely a sign of spring - and a heavenly one, at that!
(An article from last year on a horticulture website talked about plans for a lilac that would flower in both spring and summer. Many people were against the idea saying that it made lilacs that much more special knowing their fragrance was only available for a short time as winter let go and summer arrived. I haven't seen anything since then, so maybe the plant developers changed their minds.)
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