[90] Double Mock Orange
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.
Double Mock Orange Download. Wheeler s dwarf live plant fit 5 gallon pot. Mock orange shrubs are hardy in zones 4 8. Minnesota snowflake mock orange philadelphus minnesota snowflake bears very large double flowers that are fragrant on an upright well branching plant growing to 8 feet tall.
As the mock in its name suggests mock orange is not a true orange. Plants are deciduous shedding their leaves in winter. 4 7 out of 5 stars 52.
Also available are several low arching cultivars to spill over the front of a border. Usually pure white and cup shaped some flowers have a maroon central blotch or are double flowered. Dwarf mock orange aka pittosporum tob.
This improved mock orange hybrid blooms profusely during may and june. Proven winners ilex verticillata little goblin orange winterberry shrub xl orange fruit 2 size container. A wonderful orange blossom like fragrance makes this showy white flowered shrub very popular.
When planting mock orange bushes dig your planting hole deep enough to accommodate all of the roots. This long time favorite naturally grows 6 8 feet tall but can be pruned to any height. Mock orange is generally speaking deciduous and multi stemmed with a height and spread that are roughly the same.
Adding compost to the soil will help improve most issues. Blends nicely in a semishaded condition with red n pretty hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla monred or group for fall. Be sure to spread the roots out and add soil halfway tamping it.
Free shipping by amazon. They enjoy areas with full sun to partial shade and moist well drained soil. Very fragrant double white flowers 2 inches across adorn each slender gracefully erect branch.
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.