Syringa (Oleaceae) BSWJ4579

pubescens ssp. julianae 'Roy Lancaster'

Of all the plants growing in the gardens at Crûg Farm Plants in the spring of 2017, Roy Lancaster focused his desires on this fabulously scented small deciduous shrub that Bleddyn and Sue collected seed of from the Chirisan Mountain Range in the autumn of 1997 in South Korea. It is therefore with great pleasure that we (B&SWJ) dedicate and name this plant to one of the best and most likeable plantsmen to walk the planet on his 80th birthday on December 5th 2017.