The bush in question has a very lilac look to it. Multiple ... M.S. via email A: That looks to be one of the mock orange, Philadelphus, species. The flowers have four petals, and most species are ...

Give them plenty of room, or purchase a dwarf lilac so they don’t get too big for your chosen spot. Mock orange is an ...

And fragrances don’t come much headier than the mock orange blossom or philadelphus ... Since Syringa is the botanical name for lilac, you can see how easy it is to become bewildered by the ...

•Lilacs are known as Syringa vulgaris and is a genus of 12 species of officially recognized flowering plants. •Idaho’s state flower, the Syringa (Philadelphus lewisii) is also called “mock-orange.” ...

Mock orange, a 3-foot to 10-foot high shrub ... which includes the fragrant plants lilac and jasmine, hence the appellation, Lewis' syringa. The German botanist, Frederick Pursh, entrusted ...

The lack of blooms generally affects spring-blooming shrubs - ones such as forsythia, bigleaf hydrangea, lilac and mock orange. These are species that form their flower buds the year before.

Like honeysuckle and mock orange, lilac is one of those lingering scents that makes us pause on the threshold and dwell on the beauty of an English early-summer evening. It has earned its place in the ...