[95] Double Mock Orange Bush
Mid to late summer bareroot 4 to 8 10.
[95] Double Mock Orange Bush . Mock orange these deciduous shrubs are the real deal when it comes to scent. Usually pure white and cup shaped some flowers have a maroon central blotch or are double flowered. Vigorous and easy to grow it s great for foundation plantings or shrub borders.
Mainly tall sometimes arching shrubs with richly scented flowers in early summer. Care of mock orange bush your mock orange shrub will require consistent moisture until it s established and though it is somewhat drought tolerant the bush prefers to be kept in moist conditions. This long time favorite naturally grows 6 8 feet tall but can be pruned to any height.
Special features of mock oranges philadelphus x virginalis virginal has attractive white double flowers with an outstanding fragrance in the late spring to early summer season on a 6 to 8 foot tall shrub. Companion plants as a border background mock orange provides the ideal background for bold double red garden peony paeonia lactiflora double red fairy tale pink daylily hemerocallis hybrids fairy tale pink and coral bells hardy azalea azalea coral bells. Vigorous and easy to grow it s great for foundation plantings or shrub borders.
It is classified as a shrub bush although some people refer to mock orange trees mock orange shrubs are rich with nectar and attract butterflies. Full sun to partial shade 6 10 bloom time. Blends nicely in a semishaded condition with red n pretty hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla monred or group for fall.
Buy double mock orange at spring hill nursery a wonderful orange blossom like fragrance makes this showy white flowered shrub very popular. Very fragrant double white flowers 2 inches across adorn each slender gracefully erect branch. Fragrant as orange blossoms.
In fact that is the most common reason they are planted. Mulching the area around the shrub will help the soil retain moisture and minimize watering needs. As the mock in its name suggests mock orange is not a true orange.
Plants are deciduous shedding their leaves in winter. Double mock orange vigorous and easy to grow a wonderful orange blossom like fragrance makes this showy white flowered shrub very popular. This improved mock orange hybrid blooms profusely during may and june.
This improved mock orange hybrid blooms profusely during may and june. Double mock orange direct gardening fragrant as orange blossoms. Very fragrant double white flowers 2 inches across adorn each slender gracefully erect branch.