{"id":205,"date":"2016-05-09T22:07:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T03:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2016-11-04T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:59:29","slug":"lilacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/lilacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilacs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LilacThe Lilacs come out throughout the month\u00a0of May. There is a row of Lilac bushes or trees spanning through the next five yards to the west of us. They bloom one at a time heading east, with ours being the last to flower, and yes- it smells as incredible as you would imagine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"LilacLilac Bush<\/strong> – The lilac bush generally blooms fragrant flowers in mid May for about 2 weeks. The most common flowers are a lilac purple or light pink in color. While these shrubs\u00a0can grown anywhere from 5 – 15 feet, you most often will find the gorgeous flowers to be the perfect hight to enjoy the wonderful lilac aroma that brings back memories.\u00a0\u00a0Oh the glorious scent of Lilacs!<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Common Names:<\/strong> Lilac Tree, Lilac Bush, Lilac Shrub<\/p>\n

Botanical Name:<\/strong> Syringa vulgaris<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong> Oleacea<\/p>\n

Origin:\u00a0<\/strong>Native to Southeastern Europe to Eastern Asia<\/p>\n

Care:\u00a0<\/strong>Lilacs bloom best with plenty of afternoon sun and well drained soil.<\/p>\n

Toxicity:<\/strong> Lilac flowers can be eaten and are sometimes included in cocktails.<\/p>\n

Fun Facts:<\/strong>\u00a0Lilacs are a member of the olive family. There are over 1,000 varieties of Lilacs in 7 different colors. New Hampshire’s state flower is the Lilac.<\/p>\n

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The Lilacs come out throughout the month\u00a0of May. There is a row of Lilac bushes or trees spanning through the next five yards to the west of us. They bloom one at a time heading east, with ours being the last to flower, and yes- it smells as incredible as you would imagine.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[123,318,77,59,58,56,205],"tags":[44,40,42,10,75,76,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turningmoss.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}