My mother loved lilacs. At least I believe she did because over the years, she planted a variety of bushes. They come on, one type after the other, filling the area around the old house with a variety of fragrances - lest you thought they all smell the same.
For Mother's Day, my son Donovan gave me two Korean dwarf lilacs and planted them up here at our house, one in front and one at the dining room window. Its fragrance wafts in through an open window..