Mockorange

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

China

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Forestfarm Nursery, Peter Podaras

Description

Dense shrub with delicate twigs reaching 2 m in height; bark on the older stems chestnut-brown and exfoliating. Leaves ovate, 6-9 cm long, serrate, long-acuminate, both sides totally glabrous except leaves on the flowering shoots sometimes with tufts on the venation beneath. Flowers fragrant, yellowish-white, purple-striped on the dorsal side before fully opening, held in dense racemes of 5 to 9 flowers.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

fragrance