Botanical Name: Philadelphus coronarius
Common Name: Sweet mock orange
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape vigorous, upright plant with fountain-like form of slender, woody branches
Height 8' - 10'
Spread equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun; part shade in hottest summer areas
Soil tolerates most any soil
Hardiness hardy (zones 1-17)
 
Morphology:
Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, to 3" long, hairy only on veins beneath; opposite
Flowers creamy, to 1 1/2" across, very fragrant, in racemes of 5-7 flowers; calyx is usually glabrous; June
Fruit capsule
 
Propagation:
seed, layers, suckers, softwood cuttings
 
Usage:
low screen, informal hedge, foundation plant, for flowers and fragrance
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular watering; thrives with lawn watering
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning after bloom prune oldest wood and surplus shoots at base
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Southern Europe
Family: Philadelphaceae

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