Philadelphus
Mock orange
- Height × spread
- 1m – 3.5m × 1m – 2.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
Exquisitely perfumed snowy white flowers adorn this shrub in early summer. Attractive arching foliage is green, some are variegated, but all lose their leaves come autumn. Suitable for all sizes of garden, sizes range from 1m to over 3m tall. The Mock Orange's heady scent and purity of colour creates an intoxicating presence in garden borders.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green, White, Yellow
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 1m – 3.5m
- Spread
- 1m – 2.5m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Scented garden, Mediterranean garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover, Structural, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Planting & general
Planting
Prune after flowering
When the plant has flowered, cut all the flowered shoots back to healthy buds that are lower on the stems. When the plant is established, take out a quarter of the oldest branches to the ground at this time.
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