General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4-10 feet
Plant Spread: 4-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: Small oval to cone-shaped brown 4-sectioned capsule
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Mock Orange
  • Hoary Mock Orange
  • Broad-Leaf Mock Orange
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Philadelphus pubescens
  • Synonym: Philadelphus pubescens var. intectus
  • Synonym: Philadelphus intectus

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Location: St Louis
Date: 2013-05-18

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