Syringa reticulata, IDed by glossy brown, smooth, stiff branches with prominent lenticels; some peeling bark, craggy bark at the base of the trunk; opposite, simple, ovate leaves with non-serrate margins and leaf stalks; two leaves per stem node; withered leaves on the tree from over the winter; the fact that it’s a small tree. Sharing its tree pit with a bed of daffodils.
