The Nasty Reason There Are So Many Lilacs in Northern Michigan
Oh, those lilacs. So pretty, so fragrant, So pretty & fragrant, that Mackinac Island has a whole festival dedicated to them every summer, usually in June.
But did you ever wonder what the fascination with lilacs was? Why lilacs? Why not orchids, or daisies, or irises, roses, gardenias, hyacinths, honeysuckle (my favorite) or any other kind of decent smelling flower?
If you trek the northern Michigan countryside and happen to come across a patch of lilacs out in the middle of nowhere, there’s a reason for that. Yes, it’s true that nowadays there are plenty of Michiganders who grow lilacs for the love of them, but the old Michiganders from well over 100 years ago – back into the 1700s & 1800s – had another reason for the lilacs.
The Nasty Reason There Are So Many Lilacs in Northern Michigan
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