21+ Double Mock Orange Tree
This long time favorite naturally grows 6 8 feet tall but can be pruned to any height.
Double mock orange tree. Like the orange blossoms they resemble they aren t relatives these flowers have a lovely fragrance. Very fragrant double white flowers 2 inches across adorn each slender gracefully erect branch. Blends nicely in a semishaded condition with red n pretty hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla monred or group for fall. Mock orange should be grown where they will receive full sun or light shade except in hot summer regions where they will require shade in the afternoon. Mock orange is easy to propagate through cuttings it is even the easiest way overall to produce new mock orange trees. Double mock orange vigorous and easy to grow a wonderful orange blossom like fragrance makes this showy white flowered shrub very popular. Mock orange is generally speaking deciduous and multi stemmed with a height and spread that are roughly the same.
Fragrant as orange blossoms. Propagate your cuttings from hard wood during the month of february. This improved mock orange hybrid blooms profusely during may and june. Very fragrant double white flowers 2 inches across adorn each slender gracefully erect branch. With a just little maintenance a mock orange shrub can be a beautiful addition to your landscape for many years. Mock orange trees will produce their fragrant double or semi double creamy white flowers. Propagate your cuttings from young shoots in spring and until june.
Hardy in zones 4 9 most varieties mature to a height of 6 8 feet 2 2 m and have a natural vase shape. Here are our tips on preparing cuttings from shrubs. Mock orange plants though it s not a true orange its name supposedly derives from the fragrant white flowers which in some varieties are thought to resemble that of orange blossoms. This improved mock orange hybrid blooms profusely during may and june. 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. As the mock in its name suggests mock orange is not a true orange. Double mock orange direct gardening fragrant as orange blossoms.
In fact that is the most common reason they are planted. Growing requirements for a mock orange tree mock orange trees are hardy in usda zones 3 9. It is classified as a shrub bush although some people refer to mock orange trees mock orange shrubs are rich with nectar and attract butterflies. And while the blooming of this lovely shrub is short only about a week or two you can still enjoy the dark green foliage of mock orange plants.