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Syringa vulgaris, the lilac or common lilac, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family, Oleaceae. Native to the Balkan Peninsula , it is widely cultivated for its scented flowers in Europe (particularly the north and west) and North America.
In 1948 the gardens were flooded, only the larger trees survived. People who had purchased plants in the past returned starts to Hulda and the gardens were replanted. Two years later in 1950 the gardens were once again open for the annual "Lilac Week". [3] Hulda eventually developed over 250 varieties.
The second Sunday in May every year is "Lilac Sunday". This is the only day of the year that picnicking is allowed. In 2008, on the 100th anniversary of Lilac Sunday, the Arboretum website touted: Of the thousands of flowering plants in the Arboretum, only one, the lilac, is singled out each year for a daylong celebration.
Syringa is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family or Oleaceae [1] called lilacs. These lilacs are native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia , and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere.
Plant fossils highly similar to the Hungarian lilac have been recovered from Miocene travertine deposits in Hungary as well as Pleistocene interglacial deposits in Hungary and eastern Germany. For example, the species is known from quarries in Bilzingsleben (400 kya) and Weimar-Ehringsdorf [a] (approx. 200 kya), both in Thuringia.
Melia azedarach, commonly known as the chinaberry tree, [3] pride of India, [4] bead-tree, Cape lilac, [3] syringa berrytree, [3] Persian lilac, [3] Indian lilac, or white cedar, [5] is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, that is native to Indomalaya and Australasia.