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.

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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.