Show Me A Lilac Flower. You may grow this Japanese tree lilac for its creamy white blooms but youll appreciate its variegated foliage when the flower show finishes. This makes lilacs a good gift for graduates.
The common lilac Syringa vulgaris blooms in the northern states for 2 weeks from mid- to late spring. The color lilac used to be associated with mourning. As leaves mature edges shift to bright gold.
Each colors also have their own shades and varieties.
As a color lilac is perceived as extremely feminine. The genus lilac is also known as Syringa and the plants of this genus belong to Oleaceae or the olive family. Both colors are named after Lavender and Lilac flowers. Black was worn or used to symbolize a recent death in some European and North American cultures.