French lilac

The color French lilac is displayed at right.

Larger, more formal bouquets of imported pastel roses and French lilacs cost $50.

The English common name "lilac" is from the French lilac.

French Lilac can mean one of two plants:

Galega officinalis (French lilac) was used for diabetes treatment in traditional medicine for centuries.

Also available is a nosegay with ruby-red garnet roses, deep-purple velvetlike violets and lavender French lilacs.

Most are old French lilacs, including Mr. Lincoln, a very tall, very lanky and very fragrant blue.

The term French lilac is often used to refer to modern double-flowered cultivars, thanks to the work of prolific breeder Victor Lemoine.

The series continues with a look at four rare plant groups, including French lilacs and wild peonies (Feb. 27), and solving common gardening problems (March 27).

The white was really a sort of golden ivory, and the black was really midnight ocean-blue with touches of French Lilac and Royal Purple.

Galega officinalis, commonly known as goat's rue, French lilac, Italian fitch or professor-weed, is an herbaceous plant in the Faboideae subfamily.

As a result of his accomplishments, the term French lilac has come to mean all cultivars of the common lilac that have double flowers, regardless of their origin.

Lemoine's "French lilacs" extended the limited color range to include deeper, more saturated hues, and they also introduced double-flowered "sports", with the stamens replaced by extra petals.

Rita Bobry of Spring Street Garden makes a romantic, youthful nosegay of champagne roses, lilies of the valley, white French lilacs and Serena roses.

The folk remedy French lilac (Galega officinalis), was used to treat the symptoms of diabetes, and towards the end of the nineteenth century it was discovered to contain guanidine.

The biguanide class of antidiabetic drugs, which also includes the withdrawn agents phenformin and buformin, originates from the French lilac or goat's rue (Galega officinalis), a plant used in folk medicine for several centuries.

While working at the Chemistry Institute of the University of Vienna, Slotta synthesized compounds, analogous to plant extract from French lilac (Galega officinalis), then used to treat symptoms of diabetes.

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