Scentless Mock Orange
Philadelphus inodorus
Scentless mock orange is a Southeastern shrub with arching branches covered in large, crisp white four-petaled flowers in late spring, an easy, graceful native for sun or part shade.
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–10 ft
- Spacing
- 6–10 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline, neutral
- Bloom
- June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, mammals, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, MD, MS, MT, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV