On the west side of Syringa Avenue.

A gift of George Marshall who purchased it from The Gobbett Nursery, Farlow, Kidderminster, Worcestershire in November 2017.

The species is native to the Balkan Peninsular, where it grows on rocky hills. Grown for its scented flowers, the large shrub or small tree is widely cultivated and has been naturalised in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. It is not regarded as an aggressive species. It is found in the wild in widely scattered sites, usually in the vicinity of past or present human habitations.

Introduced in 1753.

Syringa vulgaris ‘Madame Lemoine’ is a beautiful bushy medium-sized deciduous shrub with light green, heart-shaped leaves and compact trusses of fantastically fragrant, double, wonderfully white flowers from yellowish buds.

It has Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit. An 1890  introduction from Victor Lemoine (1823-1911) of the famous Lemoine Nursery (1849-1968) in Nancy, France who introduced over 200 lilac cultivars during his lifetime.