There are many smells, good and bad, that trigger my memory. Sweet Mock Orange when in bloom triggers a memory of getting out of school. It has been told to me that the sense of smell is the closest ...

Q: My mother taught me everything there is to know about plants and trees and how to take care of them properly. She is a walking encyclopedia of the outdoors. While visiting her yesterday I saw a ...

Catch a waft of orange-blossom fragrance from these mock orange varieties and it will stop you in your tracks. One of the most dependable plants in the garden, mock orange (also known as philadelphus) ...

One of the sad things about moving is you can’t always take your favorite plants with you. Especially if they’re growing in your neighbor’s yard. One of my favorite shrubs is the old-fashioned ...

Mock Orange, Philadelphus, is an old-fashioned, fragrant, spring-blooming shrub. It’s large — it can grow to nine feet — easy-to-grow and produces thousands of blooms that smell like orange blossoms, ...

In early summer, when not many shrubs are ready to bloom, the mock orange (philadelphus) has a lovely display of large, double white flowers and a fragrance reminiscent of orange blossom.

Origin: North America Wild mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii ‘ Blizzard’) is an excellent shrub for central Ohio. It is open-branched with medium green oval leaves 1 to 2 inches long. New branches ...

» The flowering alahee plant is indigenous to Hawaii and is not the same as mock orange. Earlier headlines for this column incorrectly said it was a non-native plant also known as mock orange. The ...