Philadelphus 'Snowbelle'
(Mock Orange 'Snowbelle')
Family - Hydrangeaceae
Category - Shrub
Hybrid Parents - Philadelphus 'Manteau d'Hermine' x Philadelphus 'Virginal'
Origin - Raised in Canada
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.2m
Width - 1.2m
Location - The White Garden
Description: A small Deciduous Shrub with an upright, bushy habit. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to oval in shape, usually with coarsely toothed margins. Double bell-shaped flowers are snow-white with green calyces. The Blooms are heavily scented and produced abundantly in clusters from early to midsummer.
Flower:
Double snow-white flowers with green calyces are bell-shaped, but may open out flat. The blooms are heavily scented and produced in prolific clusters in June and July.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Double bell-shaped flowers in clusters
Flowering time: June, July
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to oval in shape, usually with Dentate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the slender, arching branches.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to oval
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.