On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:36:25 GMT, "Vox Humana"
wrote:

===I got a mock orange recently - Philadelphus x virginalis 'Minnesota
===Snowflake.' The people at the nursery said it would "get big." A Google
===search yields results that say it will get from 8 feet tall and as wide to
===only 3 feet tall. The plant is already about 3 feet tall in the container.
===Some sites say that it is fast growing, some say it is a slow grower. I
===want to select a good site for this plant. Anyone know about or have this
===plant? I'm in zone 6.
===
Well I have mock orage on my property, probably been here for years
or at least early 1900's, and two in particular are about 20 to 25
feet apart at the trunks, but their canopies meet, and the entire
underside is just like one big airy green leaf umbrella........We have
the sides trimmed up for light etc, and maintain those two trees, and
often eat under them , as we have a gas grill and picnic table set
there. I can't say what species of mock orange they are, but they were
commonly used for hedgerows and property lines years ago. I have quite
a few others growing here and there but they are not a pretty tree by
any means as they are all gnarly and twisted, and full of thorns,
which these other two do ot have, which leads me to belive they may be
a different species of mock orange that the others I have. Neitherof
mine drop or grow any oranges but my others that are all gnarly do
grow fruits (ineditable unless our a fox squirrel and fox squirrels
love a mock orange fruit.)
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