| Scientific Name: | Philadelphus x virginalis |
| Common Name: | virginal mock orange |
| Family Name: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Summer interest, Tall background, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tall upright shrub with exfoliating bark on upright stems, young stems glabrous; leaves opposite, blades 4-8cm long x 3-5cm wide, ovate, apex acuminate, base usually rounded, margins with 4-6 teeth, upper surface nearly glabrous but lower surface with dense hairs, petioles 5-10mm long; inflorescences usually cymose racemes or cymose panicles with (3-)5-7 double or semi-double florets, (3-)4-5cm wide, 5 petals to 16 (petals and petal-like stamens), sepals pubescent, style much shorter than the stamens, divided in the middle or nearly to the base, 6-8mm long, with small stigmas, blooms June-July for about 2 weeks. | |