Many Shades of Lilac


As I mentioned on Sunday, two weeks ago Mom and I went to the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens in Woodland, Washington, about 2 1/2 hours away. A gorgeous place with an interesting history which you can read about on the website.

We were surprised and thrilled to find so many types and colors of lilacs! White, yellow, blue, pink, purple and even…lilac! Here is a sampling of less than a third of the different ones we saw (inhaled).

Intoxicating does not really describe the fragrant air that floated and swirled all around the charming old-fashioned garden, the kind that makes you take big gulps of heavenly scent and hold them in tight as long as you can.

The Victorian farmhouse that Hulda Klager spent her live in is still on the property and open for tours.


Wonderful lilac arrangements were displayed around the porches.

They inspired me to create some of my own at home!

Go down to Kew in lilac-time, in lilac-time, in lilac-time;

Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn’t far from London!)

And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer’s wonderland;

Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn’t far from London!)

– Alfred Noyes

 

Did you enjoy the tour? Thank you most kindly for your heartfelt comments on my Mother’s Day post – each were very touching and I gained a greater insight into mothers, children and the many forms that relationship can take. None is right or wrong – all that matters is that there is abundant love.

Have a sweetly scented day!
xo
–g

p. s. For more Pacific Northwest lilac goodness, visit my friend Sylvia!

p. p. s. The varieties in the collage above are: Syringa vulgaris ‘Mme Lemoine’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Firmament’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Glory’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Adelaide Dunbar’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’, Syringa x hyacinthiflora ‘Pocohontas’, Syringa x chinensis ‘Lilac Sunday’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Mme Charles Souchet’, Syringa vulgaris ‘President Lincoln’, Syringa x hyacinthiflora ‘Maiden’s Blush’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Alice Christianson’, Syringa ‘Fritz Klager’, Syringa ‘Pink Ruth’, Syringa vulgaris ‘Peacock’

please note: floral background paper in lilac heart image © Brenda Walton