Im confused!!

I aways thought the Philadelphus Mock Orange was so called because the flowers resemble the Orange Bloosom tree!! and the Choisya smell like Oranges ! I could be WRONG but never mined it sounds right,There is a pic of my Choisya on my sight

There are well over 50 species of Philadelphus - Mock orange which looks like orange and lemon blossom and can smell of oranges or even Jasmine (loosely related to Jasmine) there are numerous hybrids and cultivars - so Its labelling can confuse us.

There's no relation between the two plants and I'm told they're called "Mock orange" because the flowers are supposed to smell like those of the orange tree - personally, I think they're all barmy - philadelphus, when it flowers, smells a bit like honeysuckle, and choisya has no particularly strong scent to the flowers, but the foliage smells horrible when its cut or crushed. Neither of them remotely resemble the smell of an orange tree flower, as far as I'm concerned. This is also yet another demonstration of the confusion that can arise with common names.

I do not grow Choisya so I did not comment on it. My Philadelphus does smell nice.

I shall not let it worry too much hehehe

just wondered why

thanks everyone

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i think that the single philadelphus in the pic smells like 'bubble gum'-- at least mine does!

That why its best to use the bontanical names so people tend to know the exact one you mean!

I must admit now Im learning more, I can see how just using the common names can confuse things completely.

Quite like some of the botanical names, presumably they are all Latin?

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Greek, latin, slight french influence, and more i think!

Greek too!
didnt realise. but then I dont think ive ever seen anything in Greek to compare.

I love looking up Latin words to see what they are in English, some of them are quite suitablee too. Some just remind me of Harry Potter!
sorry am a fan (sad I know)

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