The plant already shades a Lewis’ Mock-orange (Philadelphus lewisii), which is native to California and western North America. There will be room in that bed to add California natives. Highway Ice ...

After that removal, the bed has just one large shrub, a mature Lewis’ Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii), which is a California native. (Its range includes northwestern California, and extends to ...

After the removal, the bed had only one plant, a well-established Lewis’ Mock Orange (Philadelphus lewisii), a California native. This is an attractive deciduous shrub in the Hydrangea plant ...

Shrubs that respond to severe pruning, such as ribes and philadelphus, may be cut almost to ground level to re-establish a framework of new shoots. If the shrub is old and it's hard to predict a ...