| Scientific Name: | Philadelphus coronarius |
| Common Name: | mock orange |
| Family Name: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Fragrance, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Heavily veined, Tomentose, Elliptic, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Exfoliating red-brown bark on upright stems; leaves opposite, blades mostly (4-)6-9cm long x 2-5cm wide, broadly lanceolate to broadly ovate-elliptic, to lanceolate in some cultivars, glabrous except for hairs at base of veins on lower surface, margins with 6-11 small widely spaced teeth, twisted petioles 2-9mm long; cymes raceme-like with 5-7(-9) very fragrant florets, 2.5-3cm wide, petals creamy white, 5-25 x 5-22mm, usually only 4; stamens 20-50, filaments distinct, 4-9mm long; anthers 1-1.5 x 0.7-1mm, sepals lobes ovate 4-5mm long, pedicels 3-20mm long. Winter ID: fruit small brown capsules split in 4, persist in winter; leaf scar heart-shaped, non-descript bundle scars, no terminal bud. | |