Sweet Mock Orange, English Dogwood (Philadelphus coronarius)
The Sweet Mock Orange or English Dogwood has creamy white blossoms with a bewitching fragrance. Sometimes mistaken for Jasmin.
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Erscheinungsbild
The Sweet Mock Orange or English Dogwood has creamy white blossoms with a bewitching fragrance. Sometimes mistaken for Jasmin.
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Blätter
Pointed, oval, stalked leaves, decussate, oblong-pointed, rounded base and serrated edge. Deep green, slightly rough above, pale green, moderately hairy below. 4-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, leaf stem 0.5-2cm long.
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Blatt Oberseite
Pointed, oval, stalked leaves, decussate, oblong-pointed, rounded base and serrated edge. Deep green, slightly rough above, pale green, moderately hairy below. 4-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, leaf stem 0.5-2cm long.
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Blatt Unterseite
Pointed, oval, stalked leaves, decussate, oblong-pointed, rounded base and serrated edge. Deep green, slightly rough above, pale green, moderately hairy below. 4-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, leaf stem 0.5-2cm long.
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Blüten
Flowering period V-VI. Very pretty creamy white, highly scented blossoms, approx. 3cm wide, with 5-9 blossoms per raceme. Of particular ornamental value.
Anwendung
Flowering bush, solitary tree, flowering hedges, for planting in groups, parks, forage for birds
Heimatgebiete
Europe
Standortparameter
Light: sunny to off-sun; soil type: sandy-loamy to loamy-clayey ; nutrient concentration: normal to high ; pH value of the soil: slightly acid to highly alkaline ; soil: dry to moist.
Ansprüche
Very frost-hardy, fume-hardy. Leaves turn yellow on acid soil. Requires soil protection in youth.
unknown
2 - 3m high, 1.5-2m in diameter
Blätter
Pointed, oval, stalked leaves, decussate, oblong-pointed, rounded base and serrated edge. Deep green, slightly rough above, pale green, moderately hairy below. 4-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, leaf stem 0.5-2cm long.
Blüten
Flowering period V-VI. Very pretty creamy white, highly scented blossoms, approx. 3cm wide, with 5-9 blossoms per raceme. Of particular ornamental value.
Früchte
4-lobed capsule, elliptical form, 0.5-1cm long, with numerous seeds.
Rinde
Brown, green-grey or grey bark, with shallow furrows, sometimes peeling off in flakes. Branches are pale red-brown or brown, with furrowed surface, round cross-section.
Wurzel
Heart-rooter; strong, expansive.