Your struggling survivor is almost surely the French hybrid Syringa vulgaris, called Sensation.
He stopped in front of the common lilac, or Syringa vulgaris.
Similar to " Syringa vulgaris ", but flowers earlier and has very different leaves.
"Syringa vulgaris is native to the Balkans, where it grows on cliffs, " he said.
It is named after the lilac tree ( " Syringa vulgaris " ), from which it was first isolated.
Common lilacs ( Syringa vulgaris ) and the French hybrids based on them are especially sensitive in this regard.
It is thought to be a hybrid between " Syringa vulgaris " from southeastern Europe and " Syringa protolaciniata " from western China.
"' Syringin "'is a natural chemical compound first isolated from the bark of lilac ( " Syringa vulgaris " ) by Meillet in 1841.
I am not sure which lilac you have, but a couple of years ago the lilac ` Blue Skies'( " Syringa vulgaris " ) appeared in limited numbers in a few local nurseries.
Lilacs come in many varieties, but the common lilac, Syringa vulgaris, of Balkan origin, has enjoyed immense popularity since it was introduced into western Europe from Turkey about 1550 and into America by the earliest colonists.