Pekin Lilac. The pekin lilac (Syringa pekinensis) is also hardy to USDA planting zone 3. It is a small tree or multi-stemmed shrub that reaches 15 to 20 feet in height. Its fragrant, creamy white flowers bloom in late May to early summer on 3 to 6 inch stems.The Pekin lilac foliage is dark green and its bark is shiny and copper-colored, making it a prized garden specimen plant.t is a small tree or multi-stemmed shrub that reaches 15 to 20 feet in height. Its fragrant, creamy white flowers bloom in late May to early summer on 3 to 6 inch stems. The Pekin lilac foliage is dark green and its bark is shiny and copper-colored, making it a prized garden specimen plant.
Hoboken police spokesman Sgt. Edgardo Cruz confirmed to NJ Advance Media that Lange, 49, who has a history of drug addiction and was recently featured on the new HBO series Crashing, was arrested on Sunday after allegedly being found with drugs in the parking garage of his building at 14th Street and Shipyard Lane.
Artie Shaw, Big Band Leader, Dies at 94. Artie Shaw, the jazz clarinetist and big-band leader who successfully challenged Benny Goodman's reign as the King of Swing with his recordings of Begin the Beguine, Lady Be Good and Star Dust in the late 1930's, died yesterday at his home in Newbury Park, Calif. He was 94.