This upright shrub has rounded crown with slender drooping branches. The heart-shaped textured leaves are dark green and the cup-shaped white flowers appear in clusters during late summer.
Hardiness zones 5 to 9
Philadelphus incanusis naturally found in central China growing in moist, well drained fertile soils in a sunny to semi shaded protected position and is drought tender but frost tolerant.
Mock Orange is grown for its flowers and is planted in parks and gardens in shrub borders or as a specimen plant. It is suitable for small gardens in cool climates, establishing in 3 to 5 years. It is also used in fragrant gardens tolerating very poor soils and grows in cool low-mountain or inland regions. ID 2218
Philadelphus(fil-a-DEL-fus) incanus(in-KA-nus)
Hydrangeaceae(hy-drain-jee-AY-see-ee)
Hydrangea and Mock Orange Family