White Lilacs

At this time every year, the scent of white lilacs is overwhelming in our subdivision... and that is not a complaint. When they built these houses, the builder must have gotten a great deal on white lilac bushes because they were planted in front of every house.... and there must be 600 homes in this subdivision.

Some of the homeowners have taken out the lilac bushes when they re-designed the landscaping around their houses.... but I would guess that more than 80% of the houses still have the white lilacs growing. And they surely do grow and grow, and bloom and bloom...... the result being an April and May filled with white blossoms that give off such a sweet perfume wherever you walk.

Our corner-neighbor has the original white lilacs, which are more than half the height of her two-story house. The bees love the white lilacs, and when you walk around the corner near her lilacs, you have to be careful not to get a bee stuck in your hair. If you stay away from the bees, they stay away from you.... but if you're allergic to bee stings (which I found out the hard way last year that I am) you really have to walk away from those gigantic lilacs. Not to worry, though, because those massive lilac bushes are so filled with blooms that you can smell them across the street.