Mock Orange
Philadelphus lewisii
Clouds of intensely orange-blossom-scented white flowers smother this shrub in early summer. Idaho's state flower and a drought-tolerant beauty for sunny banks.
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–12 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, OR, WA