Plant Type: Shrub, DeciduousCommon name: Mock orangePhiladelphus ‘Aureus’ is an upright mock orange cultivar with foliage that is yellow when young, maturing to an apple green. It bears fragrant single cream coloured blooms, which make it particularly well suited to growing in a large container or in the ground near a path or seating area.This will only flower for a short amount of time, and it is recommended to prune your sweet mock-orange ‘Aureus’ immediately when its flowers start to wilt. this should happen around late summer, and if you do not trim your sweet mock-orange ‘Aureus’, it may affect flowering the following year.Soil type: likes moist, well drained.Sold in a 3 litre pot.