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Philadelphus coronarius
Also called Mock Orange, European Mock Orange, Philadelphia Mock Orange, Garden Syringa
Sweet mock orange is a deciduous shrub grown for its very fragrant white, bowl-shaped flowers that bloom in late spring. Give it a sunny or lightly shaded spot in well-drained soil and prune after flowering.
Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange, English dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to the Caucasus and northeastern Turkey.
It is a sweetly scented white blossom suitable for temperate climate cultivation as ornamental plant for gardens. It blooms in spring (April to May) in the American South, perhaps later in the temperate Midwest (April to May). It tolerates cold as well as heat and drought. But Hansen considered it too winter-tender for South Dakota as the shrub died off to the ground during the cold.
It is easily propagated by cuttings, by division, from self-sewn seedling, etc.
The plant is determined to be native to the areas of Turkey, Transcaucasus, and North Caucasus. It has spreads to wide parts of Europe, also Eastern Canada (Quebec and half of Ontario) and U.S. (Atlantic Coast to Georgia, the South, Midwest)
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Philadelphus coronarius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
