Mockorange is an old fashioned, deciduous garden shrub, growing about 6 to 8 feet tall and wide (depending on the cultivar). Its overall form is upright and mounding, with soft green, lobed leaves and sometimes have a pleasant yellow fall color. Grow this shrub for are the breath-takingly fragrant, white spring flowers (some are simple, single-petaled, some are double, and some nearly pom-pomish, again, depending on the variety). Plant it at the back of the shrub border behind something that provides a better summer show, or at the corner of the house, preferably near an open window. Many cultivars available.
Grow in full sun to light shade in well-drained soil. Prefers a loamy-sand to laomy-clay soil. Prune immediately after flowering , if necessary, so as not to lessen the flowering the following year (see guide). Though not really drought tolerate, once establish they do just fine with only a few waterings a month. Cuts well for vases.