[header] How to grow lilacs [title] Choose lilac bushes to plant. [step] Visit a nursery to pick out a variety of lilac to grow. In addition to color, pay attention to the full-grown height of the plant. 
Some plants, such as palibin' and superba lilacs, grow into 5 to 6-foot bushes. Others, such as syringa reticulata, become 20 to 30-foot trees.