More than 250 varieties of lilacs bloom on Mackinac Island. Photo courtesy of the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau.

“We have our gift shop here in the Lilac Emporium, and people tell me year-round I don't have enough purple in the store,” Costanzo said. “And we have a lot of purple.” Bloom colors range ...

and shades of purple in all of its delicate prettiness: It's the lilac we are loving upon, a flower that is now peaking at historic garden. The fetching and frillsome favorites will be at their ...