General description: The Rosace mock-orange is a shrub in the hydrangea family with a compact habit with arching branches with flaky bark. It grows up to 1.5 m high. Rosace blooms profusely at the turn of June and July. It’s an undemanding shrub that tolerates low temperatures and drought well. It can be planted to form a free-growing hedge in home gardens and urban green areas.

Flowers: Rosace has creamy white, double or semi-double and strongly scented flowers.

Blooming: This mock-orange blooms abundantly form June until July.

Leaves: Rosace had green leaves that are coarse to the touch.

Cultivation requirements: Rosace grows best in fertile, moderately moist loam soils. The preferred pH is alkaline, but it will also do well in slightly acidic soil. Rosace should be planted in sunny or semi-shaded spots. It tolerates air pollution well. It looks good planted individually or in groups.

Pruning: The mock-orange tolerates pruning and shaping well. It’s recommended to rejuvenate shrubs every few years, by pruning all stems that are over five years old and any withered, weak stems as close to the ground as possible. This should be done in early spring (before the start of the growth season).

Overwintering: The mock-orange tolerates low temperatures well and has high frost resistance (in hardiness zone 6a, withstanding temperatures down to -23.3°C). It’s a deciduous shrub.

Origin: Europe.