lilac after morning rain, photo by grdadof6.
I don’t know if there’s anything that says to me more that spring has well and truly sprung than the appearance of lilacs. Although they are still a week or so away here in northern Michigan and further off in the UP and on Mackinac Island (home of the annual Lilac Festival) lilacs are flowering in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula.
MSU’s page on Syringa vulgaris, the Common Lilac lists a ton of cultivars in case you want to amaze your friends with musings as to whether that lilac is a Atheline Wilbur or a Frank Paterson.
Be sure to check this out bigger and For more lilac photos check out lilacs on Michigan in Pictures and the lilac slideshow from the Absolute Michigan pool.
Michigan in Pictures 
When Lilacs Bloom
WHEN LILACS BLOOM
Lilacs don’t bloom till dawn
Because moonlight fills their empty palettes
With fragrances of divine splendor
Dewdrop descends at midnight
When all hues are mixed in the longing’s easel
Lightning keeps a flashing eye
While stars polish their sparkling canvas
And clouds lend their moving grandeur
When lilacs bloom at last
Beauty sings a song of ecstasy
And truth listens with a finger on lips!
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