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Hydrangeaceae
Desert mock orange
Philadelphus microphyllus
Also known as Wild mock orange, Philadelphus microphyllus subsp. typicus, Philadelphus microphyllus, Littleleaf mock orange
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Fragrant Flowers · Drought Tolerant · Native Shrub · Southwest Native · White Flowers · Xeriscape · Pollinator · Low Maintenance · Desert Garden · Deciduous Shrub
Desert mock orange is a compact, fragrant native shrub that produces intensely sweet-scented white flowers in late spring, making it a wonderful addition to dry western gardens. It is extremely adaptable to poor, rocky, or sandy soils and becomes quite drought tolerant once established with full to partial sun exposure. Minimal pruning after flowering keeps the plant tidy and encourages vigorous blooming the following season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to encourage deep root growth, then allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–8.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Uzbekistan, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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