Lilacs

 

Lilacs were a true standard at most farmsteads in Iowa. People would share the starts. Some would plant them in a row as a wind break. At my old residence, I brought lilacs down from Minnesota which were a different color than the ones I already had.  I have none on my new place but if we stand on our stairway and look up the way two properties over is a weeping willow tree, and also this lilac. We can't smell them from here.