| Description | Blizzard Lewis Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii) is a very winter-hardy deciduous shrub with single white flowers. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | single, fragrant white |
| Leaves | green |
| Stems | twiggy |
| Dimensions | 5 to 8 feet tall and wide, rounded to vase-shaped deciduous shrub |
| Maintenance | It needs to be pruned and thinned out regularly. Prune after flowering. It can be cut flush with the ground. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | "Named in honor of Meriwether Lewis, who collected it in 1806 on his expedition’s return trip to St. Louis, the mock orange species Philadelphus lewisii is native to the western U.S. Its cultivar ‘Blizzard’ was selected from a seedling population in Alberta, Canada and introduced by the Morden Research Station in 1994." (Horticulture Megan Shinn, Sep 26, 2022) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), Horticulture Magazine Sept 2022 |
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