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Philadelphus, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1685 most planted

Philadelphus

Mock-orange

23
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
5
cities
2.0 in
median trunk (5 cm, 9 measured)
12 yr
median age (35% have a planting date)

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Philadelphus, commonly known as mock-orange, is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs native to North America, Central America, Asia, and parts of Europe. It is named mock-orange due to its fragrant flowers, which resemble and smell like orange blossoms or jasmine.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Ottawa · Canada
    9——
  2. London · United Kingdom
    6—0.9 in
  3. Helsinki · Finland
    3—2.0 in
  4. Amsterdam · Netherlands
    3—49 in
  5. Boston · United States
    2——

No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.

Traits

Mature height
3–20 ft

Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.0 in, mean 17 in, 90th percentile 49 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Other Philadelphus in the catalogue

3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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