Garden Forwardshrub
Mock orange
Philadelphus coronarius
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Sun or shade
Soil moisture
average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 38°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -28°C
Waterlogging tolerance
2/5
Drought tolerance
4/5
Mature size
2–3 m tall, 2 m spread
Seasonal interest
Early summer · White
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 3/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Needs pruning after flowering to stay shapely.
Toxicity: none
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Philadelphus coronarius L.
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae (Cornales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 2986045
Recorded as introduced in: Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Croatia, Czech Republic, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is. and 55 further regions
Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.
Philadelphus coronarius (sweet mock orange, English dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to the Caucasus and northeastern Turkey.
Description from Wikipedia — Philadelphus coronarius (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: climate-suitable
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: climate-suitable
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.