Nestled in the cozy unincorporated Riverside County community of Idyllwild is a haven of sights, sounds and fragrances. Welcome to the Idyllwild Lilac Garden, some 100 miles east of Los Angeles where ...

Amazingly, it’s May and somehow we are on the brink of summer, a time when flowers — and flower shows — are blooming profusely around Southern California. If you don’t mind a little drive, take a day ...

Lombard's lilacs are almost in full bloom, or so says the official "bloom 'o' meter." But it's not as if the showy flowers explode all at once in Lilacia Park, the epicenter of Lilac Time, a ...

The sight and fragrance of lilacs, blooming in shades from deep violet-purple to pink to white, are among the splendors of spring. If you’d like to have that splendor in your yard, be careful about ...