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PEORIA— The Illinois Office of Tourism and state Department of Natural Resources have set up a Fall Colors Trip Planner that helps identify the best place to look at the fall foliage.
Each year in May when Lilacs and other flowers are in full bloom, there is a "Lilac Time". [3] This celebration includes visiting Lilacia Park to view all the blooming plants, the Lilac Parade down the Lombard Main Street, and the Lilac Princess Program contest. [4] The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
Syringa vulgaris is a large deciduous shrub or multi-stemmed small tree, growing to 6–7 m (20–23 ft) high. It produces secondary shoots from the base or roots, with stem diameters up to 20 cm (8 in), which in the course of decades may produce a small clonal thicket. [1]
Leaves colour well in fall, often turning to shades of red in autumn. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Flowers: Panicles are lateral, congested, lax, or erect, and measure 4 - 16 (occasionally as much as 20) cm x 3 - 8 (occasionally 10) cm. Pedicel to 3 mm in length, and may be either pubescent or glabrous. [ 2 ]
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The heat of summer is behind us, and the cold of winter hasn't yet arrived. So enjoy the cool temps while taking in the fall colors.
The Arboretum shows off its collection of over 422 lilac plants, of 194 different varieties. [27] Lilac Sunday is the only day of the year when picnicking is allowed on the grounds of the Arboretum. Lombard, Illinois, called the "Lilac Village", which has an annual lilac
It is a deciduous small tree growing to a height of 12 m (39 ft), rarely to 15 m (49 ft), with a trunk up to 30 cm (12 in), rarely 40 cm (16 in) in diameter; it is the largest species of lilac, and the only one that regularly makes a small tree rather than a shrub.