mock orange choysia or philadelphus

10 years ago

Hi,
can anyone tell me if mock orange / mexican orange, choisya / philadelphus are the same thin or different shrubs. and what is the flowering season of them
thanks Denise

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Benno88
10 years ago
they are different, there is over 288,000 known plant in the world today.
These plants they are all call mock orange as a common name but they are different, the Mexican orange which is the Choisya. the philadelphus is a different plant all together it family name in Scientific classification is Hydrangeaceae, where the Mexican orange family name is Rutaceae, sub family Toddalioideae and Genus Choisya
this happens in the world of plants 3 or 4 plant can have the same common name and that why a scientific classifications was made so the plant will not get mistaken for each other
with mock orange I think your refereeing to orange jasmine also know as mock orange :P so scientific classification on him is family name. Rutaceae, Genus Murraya, Species M. paniculata
so put a bit more simple.

Mock Orange ( orange jasmine)
family Rutaceae, Genus Murraya, Species M. paniculata

Mock orange (Mexican orange)
family Rutaceae, sub family Toddalioideae and Genus Choisya

Mock orange (philadelphus)
Family Hydrangeaceae, Genus Philadelphus,

ok flowering for them is
orange jasmine summer time,
Mexican orange late spring and summer
philadelphus spring summer

regards
Benjamin Manning
deniseks
Original Author
10 years ago
many thanks. I have 2 now not sure which two as it seems there is 3 with this common name. one flowers every sipping without fail, the other taller and pointier leaf only seem to want to flower every 2 to 4 years. thought I may be cutting back at wrong time and maybe cutting off flowers. so thought if I could work out which is which I can do a bit of research and find right time to cut back or maybe my conditions aren't right the the one thats a bit hard to get on with in flowering. I live in Adelaide.
thanks again for your help
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Benno88
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Np just research a bit more but if you still don't know you can always post a please help pant id tag on this site there is a lot of knowledgeable people on here, just add a photo of the plant a good close up of a leaf the maybe flower if can it would help.
but I think also a good thing is to go to your local Nursery or garden centre and talk to some one from your area that knows plant, take a sample of the two leaf in and they should help you
Regards
Benjamin Manning
Canelands Nursery
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10 years ago
deniseks - Choisya is evergreen. Philadelphus is deciduous. So they're easy to distinguish. As recommended above a photo would solve it, if not here then on the Name that Plant Forum