Moani
I thought I knew what a “mock orange” was, because when I was little, we had a bush that my mom called a mock orange. It had beautiful, fragrant blossoms, but when I looked “mock orange” up in Wikipedia (“Philadelphus”), the photos don’t look like the bush I remember. The photos show a flower with papery petals, but our bush had thick solid petals like a real orange tree’s. #mockOrange
CohenTheBlue@moani Did it grow little citrus tasting fruit, a bit like very bitter lemon but doesn't need peeling? Might have been a type of chaenomeles (japonica?). It is pretty common in northern europe to preserve it for a source of vitamin C at the end of winter.
ai 🌈 🌺@moani We had mock orange around my childhood home, much like what you mentioned. :) My sis didn’t like them since she her allergies were triggered by them, but I loved them… I thought this blog post was kinda neat: https://garden-notes-from-hawaii.blogspot.com/2016/12/hawaii-mock-orange-murraya-paniculata.html?m=1
@biped808 “Murraya paniculata”!!! Yes, thanks for this link! That’s the bush my mom had, I remember the big red berries now! From the link: “If you are from the mainland USA you may be thinking that these pictures do not look like the Mock Orange you know. That is because another plant is called Mock Orange on the mainland. A good example of why we also need the scientific names for plants…” that’s my problem right there! 