
Mockorange
- Botanical Name
- Philadelphus
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 4 to 12 feet
- Width
- 4 to 12 feet
- Flowers
- Late May to early June: white, fragrant
- Fruit
- Persistant 4-valved dehiscent capsule
- Light
- Full sun to light shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Transplants easily
- Blooms on old wood
- Prune after flowering
- Problems
- Flower buds are often winter injured, occasional powdery mildew
- Varieties
- Philadelphus coronarius - sweet mockorange
- Philadelphus x virginalis 'Minnesota Snowflake' - fragrant double flowers, 6 to 8 feet, cold hardy to -30°, leggy
- P. x virginalis 'Miniature Snowflake' - compact 3 to 4 feet, fragrant double white flowers
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