Mock orange
Philadelphus coronarius
- Size
- 3 m tall, 2.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- June
- Border planting
- Scent
- Light screening
- Scented
- Good for pollinators
- Tough
Safety
Nothing on our safety list for this plant.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Shrubs
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Size when mature
- 3 m tall, 2.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Soil
- loam, sand, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- 6 to 8
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- June
- For pollinators
- Very good
- Water
- Low water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Fast
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- Low
- If eaten
- People: Not toxic · Dogs: Not toxic · Cats: Not toxic
Design a garden with this plant
The studio draws a plan for your own plot and picks plants that suit its light and soil. It needs no account.
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Lists it is on
- Plants for bees and butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Drought tolerant plants42 plantsA garden that gets through July without a hose starts with the plant list.
- Plants safe with children and pets39 plantsNothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.
- Plants for screening24 plantsFor a neighbour's window, a road, and anything you would rather not look at from the terrace.
Plants that go with it
Panicle hydrangea 'Limelight'Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'
Feather reed grassCalamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Red-barked dogwoodCornus alba 'Sibirica'
Border forsythiaForsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood'
Smooth hydrangea 'Annabelle'Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'
Bigleaf hydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla