A few days ago I explained how I often struggle to choose between different shots of a particular plant. This is another case. The top shot is more evocative, or at least I seem to smell lilac when I see it, but the second shot shows the shape of the double flowers better.
Both are of a double lilac with darker flowers: the more usual form is single and paler, as below.
The two forms below are unusually pale, which gives them an antique character – not that lilac could ever seem anything other than timeless.
To conclude, another double, closer in colour to the common form. This lilac is doing its best to emulate the rainbow heart in the window.
Shared for Becky’s TreeSquare. While there is some argument about whether lilac is a shrub or a tree, I’m contending it can be either.
I’m also linking to Cee’s Flower of the Day in the knowledge that these friends are happy to share.
Susan Rushton 
I love lilacs also, especially their fragrance! I think the first photo is better in terms of composition, but all of them are lovely!
I’m glad you liked that one.
Lovely photos and can just imagine the wonderful aroma
Some sights are so closely connected with our sense of smell. We’ve been picking wild wimberries – their smell is very haunting.
Gorgeous – one of my absolute favorite flowers and favorite smells too!
That’s a good favourite smell to have – I fear I’d have to confess to twice-baked jacket potatoes!
Hey nothing wrong with that smell!
I would say a small tree. All the photos are lovely, I like the first one as it has a sharper foreground flower and a softer one behind, the only thing I’d remove is that leaf. It and the last are beautiful colours.
I’m not sure about the leaf. I might have removed it if it had not been someone else’s tree, but it is very lilacy in its way.
Well, I wasn’t actually suggesting you cut the leaf out 🤔 more cropping the photo 🤣
Lovely shots – and you point up the dilemmas of choice 🙂
Especially so when we can click off as many images as we like, unlike in the days of film.
Quite so
Fascinating! I didn’t know that lilac has so many shades 🙂
We have quite a few white lilacs locally too.
Lovely images! We have some here but unfortunately the woodpigeons like to eat the leaves and leave the nicest one rather bare. Wish I knew how to discourage the pesky birds!
The poor trees! I have heard of birds stripping off flower buds, but didn’t realise they would eat the leaves too.
It worries me with the lilac nearest the house because it’s only a few years old, so still getting established. The older one seems to cope OK – but it’s big and can spare some leaves!
I hope the young one will make it through.
Lovely photos of lilacs. Brings back memories of my childhood as the garden was full of lilacs. I can almost smell them now.
That must have been wonderful.
I must say I prefer the single blooms, but that is the case for me with all plants.
These doubles are just a little ungainly but I typically like both singles and doubles as you’ll have noticed.
lilac flowers are exquisite! and fragrant, too 🙂
Most of these were handily around nose level 🙂
Glorious photos .. 🙂 The pale colour certainly gives it an antique feel. I love that various angles give such a different feel