Backyard Tree & Dead Lawn

This is a tree in our backyard. I used to know what the name was--it's an ornamental Chinese something or other. My now deceased neighbor lady hated the way the blossoms smelled, but they have no odor to me. I think they're pretty. The dead patch in the lawn is from two bags of mulch I laid there in the autumn and forgot about. I moved them so the grass will soon spread.