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Part Sun Sun. Up to 6 feet. Spring Bloom. Low Maintenance Fragrance Good for Containers. The species grows in an upright fashion to an average height of 8 to 10 feet.
Plant your mock orange where it will receive full sun or light shade. Most mock orange varieties tolerate a fairly wide range of soil conditions but will perform best when grown in organically rich soil that drains well but retains moisture.
If your soil is heavily sandy or clay-dense, incorporating organic matter prior to planting will help balance drainage and moisture retention, thus supporting the health, size and vigor of your mock orange. These amendments include finished compost, humus, aged manure, peat moss and chopped pine bark.
Mock oranges bloom on growth from previous seasons. Lightly pruning them immediately after flowering is recommended to encourage new growth that will bloom the next season. Why is my mock orange dying? Bacterial blight most often attacks mock orange trees when weather coosl and moisture is high.
It causes dieback of shoots and leaf deformation. It appears as a white dust on affected leaves. Prune off affected areas, spray with copper fungicides or sulfur, water in the mornings and avoid overhead watering. Is mock orange poisonous to humans?
Mock orange may also refer to Pittosporum tobira, which is a specific species of flowering plant in the Pittosporum family. These plants are non-toxic and are listed on several gardening sites as dog-friendly. When should hydrangeas be pruned? In late winter or early spring, these shrubs can be cut all the way back to the ground. Smooth hydrangeas will produce much larger blooms if pruned hard like this each year, but many gardeners opt for smaller blooms on sturdier stems.
How do you transplant a mock orange bush? Make the trench 24 inches deep, and at least a foot from the trunk of the shrub. Sever any roots you encounter, then cut the roots under the plant before lifting out the root ball and transporting it to the new location.
Place the mock orange's root ball in the hole, then tuck the soil around it. How fast do Murrayas grow? They are very frost hardy and withstand windy conditions well. This makes them sound like ideal shrubs for almost all of the UK and this is definitely the case. The foliage is mid to dark green see picture below and unremarkable, this hardy shrub is grown primarily for its flowers. Leaves of Mock Orange. Click picture to see more clearly. They are readily available as potted plants from many garden centres and they grow well in medium to large sized containers.
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