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