Lilac's back

[Mousetoescamper]

My lilac is blooming, on several branches, for the second time this season.

[spooky3]

1. This gives me hope. My old lilac didn't bloom at all this spring, for the first time, so I thought it was dying.

It later leafed out. Maybe it will bloom late this year.

[Mousetoescamper]

3. This is the first time it's had more than a few single florets after the spring bloom

This has been an unusual spring. I've found lots of poison ivy and pokeweed growing in the flowerbeds for the first time ever. I pull the poke out by the roots and the poison ivy gets sprayed with homemade weed killer: a gallon of white vinegar, one cup of table salt and one tablespoon of dish soap. It works!

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. I can smell it

from here!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Wow! It's blooming where it's planted! Great bokeh, too.

[Mousetoescamper]

5. Thanks!