Philadelphus mexicanus 'Rose Syringa'
(Mock Orange 'Rose Syringa)

Family - Hydrangeaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - 2m or more
Width - 1.8m
Location - The Walled Garden

Description: A medium-sized, Deciduous Shrub with a bushy, upright habit and arching branches. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Creamy white, bowl-shaped flowers each have a prominent reddish-purple blotch at the centre. The Blooms are held singly along the length of the branches and are produced from early into mid-summer. The flowers are strongly scented.

Flower:

Creamy white, bowl-shaped flowers each have a deep, reddish-purple blotch at the centre and prominent stamens with golden anthers. The flowers have a beautiful, powerful fragrance and are held singly along the length of the branches in June and July.

Flower colour: White

Flower shape: Bowl-shaped flowers held singly

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on arching branches.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade in fertile, well-drained soil.