Me too!

~~Mimi

Great pics, Alison. I've been wondering what Josee would look like--and if it will really re-bloom.

So Beauty of Moscow is not the pale pink shown in catalogues? It looks more like a pinkish-lavender.

I've got a new deep purple (like Welch's grape juice) blooming heavily this year. It is lovely but doesn't have the scent of the old bushes that came with the house.
One of those older ones mostly died last year, but it had also put up a new trunk & that is blooming too.

I've wondered about that too; I think that lilac may have been mislabled.

Last summer I think we got 3-4 blooms on the Josee all summer, but most years it's been better than that. Nothing like the spring bloom, but worthwhile.

The lilac that haunts me grew outside the New Orleans Zoo. Deep purple, like yours, with a super sweet scent like bubble gum. Yum! Nobody seems to know what it was.

Love your pics Allison.

I collect lilacs, and most of the new ones just had small blooms that faded before I got pics.
I did however get a pic of this one named True Pink, and it is fragrant too.

Late evening pic. (pics are clickable)
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Here it almost seems to glow.
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Sue

we have a very old white lilac thats spread out a good bit. limbs have fallen and rerooted a bit over the years. all that white makes it look a little fun when we get the little tuff of purple to the one side and theres a pink one that just arches out from under the white