General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
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| Plant Height: |
7 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
7 feet |
| Leaves: |
Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Broadleaf
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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| Flower Color: |
White
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| Flower Time: |
Late spring or early summer
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Will not come true from seed
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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| Containers: |
Not suitable for containers
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| Miscellaneous: |
Tolerates poor soil
Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: USPP 538 (Expired)
Goes Dormant
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| Child plants: |
one child plant |
- Virginal Mockorange
- Mock Orange
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jul 6, 2021 6:35 PM concerning plant:
The old-fashioned Sweet Mockorange was a fairly common plant back in the late 19th century and early to mid-20th century and it lost favor in more modern landscapes and gardens being so big and not being full of ornamental characteristics. Nurseries turned to growing smaller Mockoranges as this cultivar that grows about 6 to 8 feet high and 5 to 6 feet wide. Some shorter 3 to 5 feet high cultivars were also developed. I don't see any mockoranges as being common in the Midwest or Mid-Atlantic nowadays, but one can occasionally find some. Mockoranges are not really the highest quality or really attractive plants. They eventually get messy in twigginess and don't develop fall color. The fragrant white flowers are their best feature and not much more. This Minnesota Snowflake seems to be the most common cultivar offered since the 1980's. It bears fragrant double white flowers.
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| aspenhill |
On October 18, 2014 |
Obtained plant
Ace HW - qty 1 |
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