ILLUMINATI ARCH® Mock orange

ILLUMINATI ARCH® Mock orange

ILLUMINATI ARCH® Mock Orange is no longer available and has been replaced by Illuminati Spice® Mock Orange (Philadelphus)

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Price: $22.99

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Features

Characteristics

Plant Needs

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

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Shrub

Height Category:

Medium

Garden Height:

48 Inches

Spacing:

48 Inches

Spread:

48 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

White

Foliage Shade:

Dark green

Habit:

Upright

Container Role:

Thriller

Tolerant to:

Drought

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Part Sun to Sun, Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Early Summer, Late Spring

Hardiness Zones:

4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b

Water Category:

Average

Soil PH Category:

Neutral Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Landscape

Light Requirement:

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).

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®Philadelphuscoronarius'SMNPBD'USPP 32,351, Can PBRAF

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

Plant Type:

Shrub

Height Category:

Medium

Garden Height:

48 Inches

Spacing:

48 Inches

Spread:

48 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green

Flower Colors:

White

Foliage Shade:

Dark green

Habit:

Upright

Container Role:

Thriller

Tolerant to:

Drought

Light Requirement:

Part Sun to Sun, Sun

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Early Summer, Late Spring

Hardiness Zones:

4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b

Water Category:

Average

Soil PH Category:

Neutral Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Container, Landscape

Light Requirement:

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).

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®Philadelphuscoronarius'SMNPBD'USPP 32,351, Can PBRAF

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