This large shrub is at the northern end of the Syringa Avenue

Purchased from James Smith (Scotland Nurseries), Tansley, Matlock, Derbyshire

Syringa josikaea, the Hungarian lilac, or Lady Josika’s lilac is a species of lilac native to central and eastern Europe. It has a very restricted range, although fossils assigned to the species suggest a much wider prehistoric distribution in central Europe. Today it is threatened in the wild by habitat destruction, but is a common garden shrub.

Introduced: 1820