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mock orange

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mock orange

Any of a group of deciduous shrubs, including P. coronarius, which has white, strongly scented flowers similar to those of the orange tree. (Genus Philadelphus, family Philadelphaceae.)

The common mock orange (P. inodorus) is native to the southern US.



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Come next summer, your garden will be filled with the aroma of orange blossom if you take up our online offer You can buy a Mock Orange (Philadelphus Virginal) for just pounds 2.
Shrubs that are easy to move include camellia, Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata), dogwood, broom, heather, forsythia, fuchsia, hebe, spiraea, rosemary, mock orange (Philadelphus), kerria and hydrangea.
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