'Illuminati Arch' Mockorange

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Old-fashioned charm, modern day performance!

Mock orange has long been beloved for its romantic white flowers, full of a sweet, orange blossom fragrance. But mock oranges were a bit ratty and messy, not really garden-worthy plants. Illuminati Arch® mock orange changes that! Enjoy the elegant, arching habit, sweetly fragrant flowers, and handsome, clean foliage that looks great all season. Imagine a fragrant hedge, or a striking specimen - or plant in your perennial garden and bring back those memories of Grandma's garden!

Available in better garden centers in spring 2021.

Top reasons to grow Illuminati Tower mock orange:

- Better foliage all season makes a cleaner, more handsome plant

- Elegant arching branches

- Lots and lots of fragrant white flowers in early summer

Top reasons to grow Illuminati Arch mockorange:

- never-before-seen space-saving habit takes up a fraction of the room of older varieties

- very fragrant white flowers in late spring/early summer have a sweet fragrance that carries on the warm breezes

- Deer resistant and drought tolerant

Fragrant Flower
Drought Tolerant
Resists: 
Deer

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Type: 
 Shrub
 
Shrub Type: 
 Deciduous
 
Height Category: 
 Medium
 
Garden Height: 
 48 Inches
 
Spacing: 
 48 Inches
 
Spread: 
 48 Inches
 
Flower Colors: 
 White
 
Foliage Colors: 
 Green
 
Foliage Shade: 
 Dark green
 
Habit: 
 Upright
 
Container Role: 
 Thriller

PLANT NEEDS

Light Requirement: 
 Part Sun to Sun
 
 Sun

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Category: 
 Easy
Blooms On: 
 Old Wood
Bloom Time: 
 Early Summer
 
 Late Spring
Hardiness Zones: 
 4b5a5b6a6b7a7b
Water Category: 
 Average
Soil PH Category: 
 Neutral Soil
Uses: 
 Border Plant
 
 Container
 
 Landscape
Uses Notes: 
 

Illuminati Arch mockorange can be grown as a small specimen, flowering hedge, or in and amongst perennials and other plants in your landscape. 

Maintenance Notes: 
 

Illuminati Arch mockorange will need little pruning - it blooms on old wood, so any pruning you do wish to do should be done after flowering. 

If you wish to fertilize, one application of a granular rose or garden fertilizer in early spring is sufficient.

Fun Facts: 

The scientific name for mockorange, Philadelphus, translates to "brotherly love." The common name, mockorange, derives from the fragrance of the flowers, which does indeed resemble orange blossoms - even though this plant can grow in far colder climates than actual citrus.

Illuminati Arch® Philadelphus coronarius 'SMNPBD' USPP 32,351Can PBRAF