Specialty Gardening: Mock Orange...to be or not to be..., 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
The mock orange you are looking for is Philadelphus virginalis, is the most fragrant of all varieties of mock oranange. That is a reacurring problems with modern breeding programs, Most are breeding for bigger blooms, new colors,dwarfing. Only in the last few decades have some of the breeders acknowledged the lack of fragrances and are now breeding for such, (tho not nearly enough) Just ordered 22 mock orange v. and got pkg, found out they subbed Wegeila for mock, needless to say I told them had to have my mock oranges. I am landscaping my backyard this summer and am including as many fragrant flowering tree, shrubs and flowers as possible. Last time I smelled a wegeila there was no fragrance at all,(lol). Said they will ship late summer when they get more, phew!!!!