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    Philadelphus 'Innocence'

    Also Known As

    • Philadelphus x lemoinei 'Innocence'
    • Innocence Mock Orange

    Plant type

    shrub

    size

    • H: 4'-10'
    • W: 5'-10'

    planting zones

    • 5a-9b

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    Philadelphus 'Innocence' plant details

    Philadelphus 'Innocence' is a broadleaf deciduous shrub with gold, green, variegated and white foliage. In spring and summer white flowers emerge followed by brown fruit. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Philadelphus 'Innocence'

    Plant type: shrub
    Plant family: hydrangeaceae
    Foliage: deciduous gold, green, variegated and white
    Mature size: 5 FT - 10 FT - wide, 4 FT - 10 FT - tall
    Flowers: white blooms in spring and summer
    Uses: border plant, cutting garden, easy-to-grow, fragrant, showy

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Philadelphus 'Innocence'

    USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
    Watering frequency: regular - low
    Resistant to: deer
    Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    A most lovely form of the old-fashioned mock orange with particularly striking variegated leaves on this 6-8 ft, arching, deciduous shrub. Shared with us by our friend, Deborah Chaffee, the flowers are particularly fragrant, noticeable at a great distance from spring through early summer and occasionally thereafter -- with regular watering. Drought tolerant once established; sun to dappled shade. Frost hardy in USDA zone 4.

    By: Cistus Nursery

    One of the most sweetly fragrant and floriferous of the Mock Oranges, 'Innocence' has pristine, white, cup-shaped flowers freely borne on gracefully arching branch tips. It's a late spring and early summer bloomer. Foliage is splashed with creamy-white and chartreuse, giving it extended interest. 8' tall. Minimum temperature: -30?F

    By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

    We like to inhale the intoxicating orange sweetness given up by these freely borne, pure white blossoms that openly welcome. Gathered at branch tips, the large 4-petaled flowers garnish ovate green leaves randomly splashed and streaked with creamy whites, yellows and golds. A courtly perfumed scene stealer, this 1900s Lemoine Nursery cross between Philadelphus microphyllus and Philadelphus coronarius matures into an imposing shrub with fluid, arching branches.

    By: Digging Dog Nursery

    The variegation here is of the irregular splashy sort and very unstable, however the main attraction is the fragrance. 'Innocence' may be the most heavily scented of all the Mockoranges.

    By: Arrowhead Alpines

    A deciduous shrub with pure white single flowers with a heavy scented fragrance of orange blossoms. The beautiful variegated foliage emerges a vivid creamy white, gold, and green. Maturing to mostly green late in the season. Likes full sun to light shade. Hardy zone 4-8. Grows 6-8' tall, blooming in early summer.

    By: Accents for Home and Garden

    Sweetly fragrant of citrus blossoms! 1-2" pure white dogwood-like flowers are born singly and in clusters for an extended period in spring. The next surprise is the beautifully mottled and splashed, creamy white to gold and green variegated foliage that will provide the show until fall. An upright to arching deciduous shrub which is fairly drought tolerant once well established in the garden.

    By: Almost Eden

    Foliage often variegated in creamy-white is a lovely accent to the single fragrant creamy-white flowers that are borne "with extraordinary freedom" (Hillier) by this 6-8' shrub; one of the most fragrant. Sun/Med

    By: Forestfarm

    Perhaps the most fragrant of all the Mockoranges. Single, pure white flowers borne with extraordinary freedom. The leaves are SOMETIMES splashed with an irregular creamy white margin, not a consistent feature, however. Our cuttings are done from plants that don't have the variegation but I suppose it could show this later. But, that isn't the important part of this plant! It's perhaps the MOST fragrant of them all! Interesting orangish-red bark that peels. Disease and insect free.

    By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

    A variegated mock orange that has splashed white on dark green leaves. The flowers are 2 inches across and are pure white. Makes a nice change from the typical mock oranges.

    By: Gossler Farms

    Gardening facts about Philadelphus 'Innocence' plant

    How to Grow Philadelphus 'Innocence'

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly shade

    • Water Needs

      • regular - drought tolerant

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • well-drained
      • rich

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • variegated
      • white
      • gold
      • green

    • Flower Color

      • white

    • Wildlife

      • bees
      • butterflies
      • deer resistant

    • Fruit

      • brown

    • Flower Season

      • summer
      • spring

    • Foliage Season

      • deciduous

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