Mock Orange Bush
Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5.
Mock orange bush. Dig a generous hole adding a spadeful of well-rotted compost and a sprinkling of mycorrhizal fungi. Mockorange UMN Extension. Sweet Mock Orange Shrub.
The mock orange shrub thrives in a sunny location and can tolerate partial shade or light shade siteThe soil should be moist humus-rich and well-drainedIt is best planted in autumn through to early spring-time. Since mock orange blooms in late spring to early summer they are usually cut back once a year in late May or June. In early summer this shrub offers a bountiful backdrop to roses and pretty herbaceous plantings with their foaming white flowers and heavy scent.
Mock orange shrubs vary in size from 3 to 10 feet tall and wide. They are named mock-orange in reference to their flowers which in wild species look somewhat similar to those of oranges and lemons at first glance and smell of orange. Single flower of Blizzard mockorange.
Mock orange Philadelphus coronarius is an aromatic shrub that is hardy in US. Potted Sweet Mock Orange Shrub Starter PlantPhiladelphus coronarius 10 out of 5 stars 1. Mock Orange is one amongst the Broadleaf Evergreen and its type is Shrub.
Mock-orange is a very beautiful shrub that blooms abundantly in spring and at the beginning of summer. Fast grower to 6 to 8 ft. Plant in well-drained soil preferably amended with loam and organic matter.
Mock Orange shrubs are known for being very hardy. It was classified in the Saxifragaceae family by Linnaeus who named the genus for King Ptolemy Philadelphus of the 3rd century BC. Philadelphus virginalis shrubs are one of the most outstanding late spring to early summer flowering bushesOf the many species of mock orange this is by far the most.