96+ Philadelphus Mock Orange Hedge

Massed along a border they can form a loose privacy hedge for summer. Mock orange philadelphus spp is an outstanding deciduous shrub for your garden.

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Philadelphus mock orange hedge!!!

One can not anymore think of his country or farmers garden without it anymore. The mock orange philadelphus and japanese mock orange pittosporum tobira are deciduous shrubs while the evergreen mock orange philadelphus mexicanus has foliage year round. They are deciduous loose their leaves in winter and produce their flowers for about five weeks in mid june to late august depending on local conditions. For stunning citrus fragrance in the garden you can t go wrong with the mock orange shrub philadelphus virginalis.

They even make excellent cut flowers indoors. The mock orange philadelphus shrub originates from a variety of regions around the world including central and north america parts of asia and south eastern europe. 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. Various species and cultivars exist but the most popular is philadelphus virginalis an early summer flowering plant with fragrant white flowers.

After the blooming prune the year s new growth back to half its length. Mock orange philadelphus lewisii is tolerant of a wide variety of conditions from full sun to partial shade from moist to dry. His filled or unfilled blossoms which are purely white are especially marvelous and emit an intensive odor. It can survive well on available rainfall here in the valley and is known to be quite drought tolerant though sometimes a little additional water can help it to thrive and flower more vigorously.

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