Northwest Native Plants   Mock Orange

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Mock Orange - Philadelphus leweisii

Appearance

  • Tall upright shrub to 3 m tall
  • Leave short stalked, opposite and oval or egg-shaped
  • Leaves have 3 veins from the base
  • Fragrent white flowers, usualy with 4 pedals, about 2-3 cm across
 Mock Orange

Habitat

  • Open forests and forest edges to moist edges of forests
  • Can grow on dry, rocky soil
  • Mostly in low to middle elevations
 Mock Orange

Growth Habit

  • Wood is strong and hard
  • Plants apear diffrent in deiffresnt growth conditions
  • deciduous
 Mock Orange

Natural History

  • Cowlitz used the wood for combs
  • leaves and flowers form a colerwhen crushed and rubbed together;used for washing by the snohomish and cowlitz
  • Costal saanich used the wood for bows and arrows