Description

Full sun, rabbit and drought resistant, Zone 3

Philadelphus x virg. ‘Minn. Snowflake’

Pot size: #1

The Minnesota Snowflake Mock Orange is a shrub that is known its fragrant vase-shaped blooms. These blooms are a serene white color and appear during late Spring. The reason that they are called mock orange is because the blooms bear resemblance to orange blossoms. The blooms cluster on dense arching branches and the foliage is lightly serrated, dark green, and will remain dark green later in Fall than other Mock Orange varieties.

This tree will grow to be about 7 ft at maturity, and with a spread of about 6 ft. Prefers average to moist conditions, and is not particular to soil type of PH. This variety is an interspecific hybrid.