Plant Details

Description

The Snowbelle Mock Orange is a dwarf selection that grows to only 4 feet tall and wide when all grown up, making it a good fit for smaller garden spaces and even containers. It features loads of wonderfully fragrant, bell-shaped, double, snow-white flowers in late spring to early summer that nearly cover the shrub, filling the garden with delightfully sweet aroma. The flowers stand out against the rich, dark green leaves, which hold their color well through fall. An excellent addition to the flowering shrub border or as an accent or hedge around the home and outdoor living spaces, where the pretty flowers and fragrance can be enjoyed from close up. This sensory, old-fashioned beauty will always have you looking forward to its glorious spring bloom.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, the Snowbelle Mock Orange is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a colorful and fragrant hedge or background plant. Make sure to plant one near patios, porches, decks, or other outdoor living and sitting spaces where the flowers and fragrance can be enjoyed from close up. It is a fine addition to a sunny flowering shrub border, fragrance garden, white theme garden, cut flower garden, or cottage garden.

Snowbelle Mock Orange is exceptionally easy to grow in moist, well-drained soil and five or more hours of sunlight daily for the best flowering and overall performance. In hot summer climates, it will appreciate some filtered sun or shade during the mid-afternoon hours when the heat and sunlight are most intense. It is drought-tolerant once established. However, it will appreciate occasional supplemental water during extended summer drought. If you see the leaves starting to wilt, give the plant a good drink. It can be pruned right after flowering to control size or for shaping purposes. Avoid pruning in fall or winter as Mock Orange blooms on old wood (the previous year's growth). To maintain a healthier plant that will produce more new stems and flowers, it's a good idea to do a rejuvenation pruning every few years after flowering. Cut out about one-third of the stems, starting with the oldest/largest first.